Question 1

When the body needs energy quickly, pyruvate is converted to ________.

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Question 2

The Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome in people with chronic alcohol abuse stems primarily from a deficiency of ____ ____ .

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Question 3

Alcoholic beverage labels are required to provide a variety of information except for _______.

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Question 4

What is acetaldehyde?

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Question 5

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                        Premises: A product of pyruvate metabolism when oxygen is limited
A series of metabolic reactions once known as the Krebs cycle
A storage form of carbohydrate
The type of alcohol in distilled spirits, wine, and beer
Example of an anabolic reaction
A small nonprotein organic substance that promotes optimal activity of an enzyme
The major energy fuel for the central nervous system
A product of glycolysis
The oxidation product of pyruvate
The principal nitrogen-containing waste product
A product of deamination
A system of enzymes for metabolizing drugs and alcohol
Example of a catabolic reaction
The part of a triglyceride that is convertible to glucose
Its glycerol part can be converted to pyruvate or glucose
A protein that accelerates a chemical reaction
An irreversible reaction
A condition of elevated blood ketones
A condition in which cells degrade their components for fuel
A nonenergy product of the electron transport chain

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Question 6

Which one of the following statements is a myth about alcohol?

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Question 7

One way that alcohol metabolism affects the energy pathways is that ____.

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Question 8

Some of the energy released during the breakdown of glucose, glycerol, fatty acids, and amino acids is captured in the high-energy compound with three phosphate groups called ____________________.

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Question 9

The acidic compounds produced by the liver during incomplete breakdown of fat when carbohydrate is not available are known as "____________________."

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Question 10

The process of making glucose from noncarbohydrate sources is called "____________________."

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Question 11

The simultaneous hydrolysis of ATP with reactions that will use energy is known as ____________________.

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Question 12

The process of converting lactate from muscles to glucose in the liver that can be returned to the muscles is known as the ____________________.

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Question 13

The metabolism of alcohol begins in the ________.

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Question 14

Which functions are most sensitive to alcohol?

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Question 15

Explain gluconeogenesis.

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Question 16

Chronic alcohol abuse has the most dramatic effect on the B vitamin ________.

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Question 17

In general, how long does it take the liver to process the alcohol in a typical drink?

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Question 18

Describe how the body's metabolism adapts to the conditions of fasting and starvation.

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Question 19

The process in which fatty acids are taken apart two carbons at a time is known as ________.

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Question 20

When health experts say to consume alcohol "in moderation," what do they mean?

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Quiz 7: Energy Metabolism