1. A loss of appetite, or _______________, can result fromdestruction of the _______________ of the hypothalamus.

2. A deficiency of blood glucose is called _______________.

3. Some types of dietary fiber, called _______________ fiber, willlower blood cholesterol levels whereas other types of fiber will not.

4. Linoleic and linolenic acids are called _______________ becausethey must be present in the diet; the body cannot synthesize them from other organiccompounds.

5. _______________ are blood-borne protein-lipid complexes that transport excesscholesterol and phospholipids to the liver for disposal.

6. Not all amino acids of a dietary protein are used by the body.The fraction that is used is called _______________.

7. When muscle is breaking down, as in starvation or musculardystrophy, a person may have more nitrogen in the urine than in the diet and is said to bein a state of _______________.

8. For the first few hours after a meal, a person is in a/an _______________ state inwhich digested nutrients are being taken up by the blood.

9. Excessive ingestion of vitamins can cause _______________, withpathological consequences as serious as some vitamin deficiencies.

10. Glycolysis decomposes glucose to two molecules of _______________ as its endproduct.

11. When the diet is too low in carbohydrates, fats cannot becompletely oxidized because there is not enough _______________ to accept their C₂ breakdown products and get them into thecitric acid cycle.

12. The reduced, high-energy state of nicotinamide adeninedinucleotide is represented by the formula _______________.

13. Using the _______________ mechanism, mitochondria synthesize ATP by tapping energy fromthe H⁺ gradient between the matrix and intermembrane space.

14. The liver's ornithine cycle serves to partially detoxify ammoniaby converting it to _______________.

15. _______________ is asyndrome of cramps, vomiting, and hypotension that can result from extreme electrolyteloss in hot weather.

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