Metabolic Functions of the Liver - Regulation of blood glucose

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  1. 1. Which organ in the body metabolises ketone bodies?
  2. 4. Which molecule is the liver a major store of?
  3. 6. Name of the liver cells that glucose enters during high blood glucose levels
  4. 9. In the fed state, fatty acids & glycerol combine to form __________ which are then taken up by adipocytes
  5. 11. Term for the process of glucose synthesis from alternate sources
  6. 12. In the fed state, the liver converts glucose to '_________ and _____'
  7. 15. Name of the cycle that uses lactate as a precursor for oxaloacetate in the gluconeogenic pathway
  8. 16. Are ketone bodies acidic or alkaline?
  9. 17. During the fasting state/starvation what is ACoA converted into (when oxaloacetate is not present in the TCA cycle)?
  10. 19. Via which vessel does the liver receive its contents?
  11. 20. Function of the phosphatase enzymes
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  1. 2. Under what conditions does the Cori Cycle occur?
  2. 3. Three sources for intermediates in gluconeogenesis (8, 7, 7)
  3. 5. Does the liver-specific enzyme that catalyses glucose conversion into glucose-6-phosphate have a high Km?
  4. 7. A property of glucose
  5. 8. Name of enzyme type that phosphorylates other substrates
  6. 10. Name the transmembrane protein through which glucose has bi-directional transport through the liver
  7. 13. Name a liver-specific enzyme that catalyses glucose conversion that glucose-6-phosphate
  8. 14. Intermediate in the TCA cycle that is converted to PEP during gluconeogenesis
  9. 18. True or False: Glucose is non-polar