Quiz About Lipoprotein
It is always interesting to know how our body works and, most of all, how our food is processed. The study of lipoprotein teaches us just that. It is known as the biochemical assembly with the purpose of transporting hydrophobic lipid molecules in water. Can you successfully pass our quiz about lipoproteins? Good luck completing our quiz then.
- 1.
What's hydrophobicity?
- A.
It is the property of a cell that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water.
- B.
It is the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water.
- C.
It is the physical property of a liquid that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water.
- D.
It is the physical property of water that is seemingly repelled from a mass of a liquid.
Correct Answer
B. It is the pHysical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water. -
- 2.
What is an extracellular fluid?
- A.
It is one that denotes all body fluid outside the body.
- B.
It is one that denotes all body fluid outside the brain.
- C.
It is one that denotes all body fluid outside the cells.
- D.
It is one that denotes all fluids outside the cells.
Correct Answer
C. It is one that denotes all body fluid outside the cells. -
- 3.
What's lipophilicity?
- A.
It refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents.
- B.
It refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in lipids, and non-polar solvents.
- C.
It refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats.
- D.
It refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in oils.
Correct Answer
A. It refers to the ability of a chemical compound to dissolve in fats, oils, lipids, and non-polar solvents. -
- 4.
What's the purpose of detergents?
- A.
To transmembrane lipoproteins from their associated biological membranes.
- B.
To isolate transmembrane lipoproteins from their associated biological membranes.
- C.
To isolate transmembrane lipoproteins from their associated biological cells.
- D.
To isolate lipoproteins from their associated biological membranes.
Correct Answer
B. To isolate transmembrane lipoproteins from their associated biological membranes. -
- 5.
What are adipocytes?
- A.
They are cells that specialize in storing energy as nutrients.
- B.
They are cells that specialize in storing energy as sugars.
- C.
They are cells that specialize in storing energy as fat.
- D.
They are cells that specialize in storing calories.
Correct Answer
C. They are cells that specialize in storing energy as fat. -
- 6.
What are apolipoproteins?
- A.
They are cells that bind lipids to form lipoproteins.
- B.
They are proteins that bind lipids to form lipoproteins.
- C.
They are acids that bind lipids to form lipoproteins.
- D.
They are fluids that bind lipids to form lipoproteins.
Correct Answer
B. They are proteins that bind lipids to form lipoproteins. -
- 7.
What's an atheroma?
- A.
It's an accumulation of generative material in the inner layer of an artery wall.
- B.
It's a reversible accumulation of degenerative material in the inner layer of an artery wall.
- C.
It's a reversible accumulation of generative material in the inner layer of an artery wall.
- D.
It's a reversible degenerative material in the inner layer of an artery wall.
Correct Answer
B. It's a reversible accumulation of degenerative material in the inner layer of an artery wall. -
- 8.
What's bile?
- A.
It's a dark yellowish brown fluid.
- B.
It's a dark green to yellowish brown fluid.
- C.
It's a dark green to brown fluid.
- D.
It's an organ.
Correct Answer
B. It's a dark green to yellowish brown fluid. -
- 9.
What's an hepatocyte?
- A.
It's a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the brain.
- B.
It's a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the liver.
- C.
It's a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the stomach.
- D.
It's a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the eye.
Correct Answer
B. It's a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the liver. -
- 10.
What's the abbreviation for apolipoprotein E?
- A.
ApoE
- B.
Apoe
- C.
APOE
- D.
APoE
Correct Answer
A. ApoE -
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