Metabolism

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

Define the terms anabolism & catabolism

Back (Answer)

Anabolism - building up chemical reactions Catabolism - Breaking down more complex molecules through metabolism

Front (Question)

Describe the metabolic reaction for glycogenesis?

Back (Answer)

Storage of glucose by converting it into glycogen through glycogenesis

Front (Question)

Describe the metabolic reaction for glycogenolysis?

Back (Answer)

Breaking down the glycogen to form glucose when are blood glucose levels are low to provide our body cells with more energy

Front (Question)

Describe the metabolic reaction for gluconeogenesis?

Back (Answer)

Making new glucose when all our glucose is used up from lipids and protein

Front (Question)

Describe the metabolic reaction for lipolysis?

Back (Answer)

The break down of triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids.

Front (Question)

Describe the metabolic reaction for lipogenesis?

Back (Answer)

Making more lipids. When more calories are consumed than are needed glucose & amino acids are made into lipids (triglycerides) by liver cells & adipose tissue

Front (Question)

State the affect glycogenesis will have on BGL?

Back (Answer)

Decrease BGL

Front (Question)

State the affect glycogenolysis will have on BGL?

Back (Answer)

Increase BGL

Front (Question)

State the affect glucoenogenesis will have on BGL?

Back (Answer)

Increase BGL

#10

Front (Question)

State the affect lipolysis will have on BGL?

Back (Answer)

Increase BGL

#11

Front (Question)

State the affect lipogenesis will have on BGL?

Back (Answer)

Decrease BGL

#12

Front (Question)

State the hormone stimulate for glycogenesis?

Back (Answer)

Insulin

#13

Front (Question)

State the hormone stimulate for glycogenolysis?

Back (Answer)

Glucagon and adrenalin

#14

Front (Question)

State the hormone stimulate for gluconeogenesis?

Back (Answer)

Cortisol and glycogen

#15

Front (Question)

State the hormone stimulate for lipolysis?

Back (Answer)

Adrenalin, cortisol, thyroid hormone and growth hormones

#16

Front (Question)

State the hormone stimulate for lipogenesis?

Back (Answer)

Insulin

#17

Front (Question)

State the location where glycogen is stored?

Back (Answer)

Mostly in skeletal muscle fibres and some liver cells

#18

Front (Question)

Name the two products resulting from lipolysis

Back (Answer)

Glycerol and fatty acids?

#19

Front (Question)

What is glycerol used for?

Back (Answer)

Converted into pyruvate & enters the Kreds cycle to produce ATP. Glycerol can also be converted to glucose by gluconeogenesis

#20

Front (Question)

What are fatty acids used for?

Back (Answer)

Converted into acetyl coenzyme A in the liver, which then enters the Krebs cycle to form ATP

#21

Front (Question)

What are ketone bodies (ketones) produced from?

Back (Answer)

Ketone are produced when the body burns fat for fuel. Normally these ketones will be completely broken down (metabolised) so that there are very few ketones in the urine

#22

Front (Question)

Describe what causes an increase in ketones

Back (Answer)

• Server salvation • uncontrolled diabetes • If for any reason the body cannot get enough glucose from energy it will switch to using body fats, causing an increase in ketones in the body

#23

Front (Question)

List the clinical signs & symptoms that would result from excess ketones

Back (Answer)

• Change in the chemical balance of your blood - dehydration

#24

Front (Question)

Explain the clinical significance of excess ketones – state what homeostatic imbalance will occur

Back (Answer)

Ketones bodies are acidic and an excess production can lower blood pH and cause metabolic acidosisK