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Physiology
100
Which of the following is NOT a source of dietary carbohydrates? Fish Milk Fruits Legumes
What is Fish?
100
How many carbon atoms are found in most common dietary monosaccharides?
What is 6?
100
Which of the following is NOT a simple carbohydrate: Starch White sugar disaccharide monosaccharide
What is starch?
100
What is the composition of sucrose?
What is one glucose and one fructose unit?
100
This is where most of the body's glycogen is found
What are muscles?
200
What type of nutrient is starch? (Be specific)
What is a complex carbohydrate?
200
What is the reaction that links two monosaccharides together?
What is condensation?
200
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of glucose: It is soluble in water It is a monosaccharide It is part of the sucrose molecule It is sweeter tasting than sucrose
What is "it is part of the sucrose molecule"?
200
What is the composition of maltose?
What are two glucose units?
200
This if the primary function of insulin
What is to lower blood glucose level?
300
Which of the following is NOT a common dietary source of carbohydrates? starch maltose cellulose glycogen
What is Glycogen?
300
What substance, fund naturally in the GI tract plays a major role in the breakdown of certain types of dietary fiber in the large intestine
What is bacteria?
300
What is the "scientific" name of blood sugar or dextrose?
What is glucose?
300
What is the primary storage form of carbohydrate in the body?
What is glycogen?
300
At rest, the typical body stores of glycogen can provide energy for a maximum of about
What is 1 day?
400
What is the principle carbohydrate of milk?
What is lactose?
400
This is how we classify dietary fibers.
What is by their solubility in water.
400
This is the normal blood glucose level, in mg per 100 mL blood.
What is 100?
400
Which of the following is a nonstarch polysaccharide?: lactose phytates glycogen cellulose
What is cellulose?
400
Your nephew Jimmy, who is 10 years old, has bold you that his body doesn't make insulin. He confices in you that he craves candy but was told by his parents that he can only eat sugar-free snacks. From which of the following conditions does Jimmy most likely suffer?
What is Type 1 diabetes?
500
Which of the following sugars is NOT found in plants? Glucose Lactose sucrose fructose
What is lactose?
500
This is the name of short chains of glucose units that result from starch breakdown.
What are dextrins?
500
What is the sweetest tasting simple carbohydrate in the diet?
What is fructose?
500
This is the synthesis of glucose from a noncarbohydrate substance
What is gluconeogenesis?
500
Approximately how many pounds of total sugars are consumed by the average US resident each year?
What is 95 pounds?