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Functions
Structure
Fats
Phospholipids
Steroids
100
The main use for fat
What is energy storage?
100
The property that doesn't let lipids mix with water
What is hydrophobic?
100
Name the two types of fats
What is saturated and unsaturated?
100
The property of phospholipids that is similar to that of fats
What is hydrophobic?
100
3 examples of organic steroids
What is cholesterol, beeswax, Cortisol, etc.
200
Phospholipids make up this part of the cell
What is the cell membrane?
200
The most common forms of lipids
What is fats, phospholipids, and steroids
200
A triglyceride is made up of...
What is 3 fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule?
200
The main difference between a phospholipid and a fat molecule (think structure)
What is a phospholipid contains only two fatty acids attached to a glycerol?
200
The most abundant steroid in the human body
What is cholesterol?
300
Another function of fats (think signaling molecules)
What is hormone production?
300
The two molecules lipids are most associated with
What is carbon and hydrogen?
300
The main difference between saturated and unsaturated fats (at room temperature)
What is saturated fats are solid, unsaturated fats are liquid?
300
What happens when phospholipids are added to water
What is they assemble into a bilayer, where the nonpolar tail region faces inside, and the polar head region faces outward?
300
High levels of cholesterol in the blood may contribute to...
What is cardiovascular diesase
400
The limit on how many hydrocarbons that can bond together
What is limitless?
400
The kind of bonded tail unsaturated fats have
What is double bonded tails?
400
A steroids molecular structure is defined as...
What is a carbon skeleton consisting of four rings
500
The polarity of a lipid
What is nonpolar?
500
The kind of bonded tail saturated fats have
What is a single bonded tail?