Lipid Review

Dyslipidemia starts as a _______ disorder and ends as an ___________ response.

What is a foam cell?

Glucocorticoids, androgens, estrogens, aldosterone, and phospholipid stabilizers all have what in common?

True or false?

Apoproteins cleave triglycerides from lipoproteins.
True False

What are some sources of cholesterol for our body?

What are some avenues of elimination for cholesterol in our bodies?

What transporters carry dietary fat from the intestines to the tissues?

The ratio of trigs. to cholesterol in a chylomicron is...

What apoprotein serves as a flag for chylomicrons to be picked up by the liver?

Which lipoprotein carries fatty acids from the liver to muscle and adipose? Trigs:cholesterol ratio? What apoprotein flags it for pick-up by the liver? What apoprotein flags it for trig. cleavage by LPL?

Which lipoprotein is considered "atherogenic"? What is its trig:cholesterol ratio? What apoprotein flags it for pick-up by the liver?

Which apoprotein flags a lipoprotein for cleavage by LPL?

What types of cells have LDL receptors?

True or false?

LDL easily permeates membranes and is easily oxidized.
True False

Which lipoprotein transports cholesterol from peripheral tissue to the liver?

Which type of lipoprotein may be termed a "reverse cholesterol transporter?"

What types of cells have HDL receptors?

Where do the phospholipids and apoproteins in a chylomicron come from? (the triglycerides and cholesterol come from diet).

Where do chylomicrons get apoC-II?

Why must an individual fast before having blood drawn for a lipid panel?