Exam 10: Proteins: Crucial Components of All Body Tissues

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Explain the difference between essential and nonessential amino acids.How many of each are there? Identify and describe two essential and two nonessential amino acids.What does the term "conditionally essential" mean? Give an example.

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Most enzymes are composed of:

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Question 22

When the body experiences alkalosis,how do proteins help restore the acid-base balance?

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Question 23

Essential amino acids are more important to the human body than nonessential amino acids.

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Alkalosis is a condition in which the pH of the blood becomes too acidic.

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Question 25

What characteristic of the proteins that form red blood cells allows them to change shape and flow freely through the blood?

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Question 26

The specific sequence of amino acids that make up the individual proteins in your body is determined by:

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Question 27

What element makes protein different from carbohydrate and fat?

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Question 28

Diets high in protein are associated with low blood cholesterol levels.

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Question 29

For someone with phenylketonuria (PKU),the nonessential amino acid tyrosine becomes an essential amino acid.

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Question 30

A condition called ________ results when the blood becomes too acidic due to the accumulation of hydrogen.

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Question 31

Maria is a reasonably healthy 19-year-old college student who is sedentary.She is 5' 8" tall and weighs 145 pounds.How many grams of protein would you recommend she consume each day?

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Question 32

Hydrochloric acid converts the inactive pepsinogen into its active form pepsin.

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Question 33

What causes the swollen belly associated with kwashiorkor?

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Question 34

How does the shape of proteins in muscle fibers affect their function?

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Question 35

The body supplies a finite supply of proteins.

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Question 36

The genetic disorder caused by a single amino acid error in hemoglobin is called:

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Question 37

Protein digestion begins in the mouth by the enzyme amylase.

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Question 38

Researchers have studied athletes who consumed a high-protein diet to determine if high protein intake damages the kidneys.Based on a review of these studies,what recommendation can be MOST inferred regarding protein intake for healthy adults?

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Question 39

Milk curdles when lemon juice is added to it.The change that occurs in the protein is called:

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Exam 10: Proteins: Crucial Components of All Body Tissues

Explain the difference between essential and nonessential amino acids.How many of each are there? Identify and describe two essential and two nonessential amino acids.What does the term "conditionally essential" mean? Give an example.

Most enzymes are composed of:

When the body experiences alkalosis,how do proteins help restore the acid-base balance?

Essential amino acids are more important to the human body than nonessential amino acids.

Alkalosis is a condition in which the pH of the blood becomes too acidic.

What characteristic of the proteins that form red blood cells allows them to change shape and flow freely through the blood?

The specific sequence of amino acids that make up the individual proteins in your body is determined by:

What element makes protein different from carbohydrate and fat?

Diets high in protein are associated with low blood cholesterol levels.

For someone with phenylketonuria (PKU),the nonessential amino acid tyrosine becomes an essential amino acid.

A condition called ________ results when the blood becomes too acidic due to the accumulation of hydrogen.

Maria is a reasonably healthy 19-year-old college student who is sedentary.She is 5' 8" tall and weighs 145 pounds.How many grams of protein would you recommend she consume each day?

Hydrochloric acid converts the inactive pepsinogen into its active form pepsin.

What causes the swollen belly associated with kwashiorkor?

How does the shape of proteins in muscle fibers affect their function?

The body supplies a finite supply of proteins.

The genetic disorder caused by a single amino acid error in hemoglobin is called:

Protein digestion begins in the mouth by the enzyme amylase.

Researchers have studied athletes who consumed a high-protein diet to determine if high protein intake damages the kidneys.Based on a review of these studies,what recommendation can be MOST inferred regarding protein intake for healthy adults?

Milk curdles when lemon juice is added to it.The change that occurs in the protein is called:

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