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Phospholipids are amphipathic molecules, meaning they have both water-loving hydrophilic heads and water-fearing hydrophobic tails. The phosphate head is polar and the fatty acid tails are nonpolar.
Phospholipids contain:
1. Hydrophilic heads and hydrophobic tails
2. Long water-soluble carbon chain
3. Positively charged functional groups
4. Both B and C
Competitive inhibitors structurally resemble the substrate and compete directly with it to bind reversibly to the enzyme's active site.
In competitive inhibition, an inhibitor:
1. Binds at several different sites on an enzyme
2. Binds reversibly at the active site
3. Binds only at the ES complex
4. Binds covalently to the enzyme
Which of the following dental tissues is most likely to be effected by Vit-A
deficiency
1. enamel
2. dentin
3. cementum
4. pulp
Glucose is the primary and most common respiratory substrate utilized by almost all living organisms to undergo glycolysis and subsequent pathways to generate cellular energy (ATP).
Common substrate for respiration:
1. Glucose
2. Fats
3. Amino acids
4. Sucrose
Tendon xanthomas are virtually pathognomonic of familial hypercholesterolemia.
Which xanthoma is most characteristic of familial hypercholesterolemia?
1). Palmar xanthoma
2). Eruptive xanthoma
3). Achilles tendon xanthoma
4). Plane xanthoma
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