BIOL 1051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phospholipid, Microvillus, Peristalsis
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Exam- 50 multiple choice questions; bring a big blue scan tron sheet next thursday. Enter in last name first and then first name; bubble name in on the sheet; write which version of the exam you have; Lipids also include sterols: estrogen and testosterone; cholesterol which is the base steroid from which our bodies produce other steroids; Anabolic steroids: a synthetic form of testosterone; mimics some of testosterone"s effects; can cause serious physical and mental problems; Phospholipid: the most important lipid for humans; they make up cell membranes; Proteins broken down in digestion to component amino acids. Some amino acids can be made by the body; others must be acquired by diet (these are the. Essential amino acids ); out of the 20 amino acids, there are eleven that we can make; some of the sugars we consume we can turn into amino acids.
