Which One of the Following Statements Is True

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements is true?

• A)The brain prefers glucose as an energy source,but can use ketone bodies.
• B)Muscle cannot use fatty acids as an energy source.
• C)In a well-fed human,about equal amounts of energy are stored as glycogen and as triacylglycerol.
• D)Fatty acids cannot be used as an energy source in humans because humans lack the enzymes of the glyoxylate cycle.
• E)Amino acids are a preferable energy source over fatty acids.

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Definitions:

Cross-tabs

Short for cross-tabulation, a method used in statistics to analyze categorical data by creating a matrix that displays the frequency distribution of variables.

Categorical Data

Information that is divided into groups or categories which are mutually exclusive and cannot be ordered or ranked.

Categorical Data

Refers to data types that represent categories - they can be names, labels, or numbers that identify into which of several categories each data point falls.

Pivot Tables

A data summarization tool found in data visualization programs such as Excel, which can automatically sort, count, and total the data stored in one table or spreadsheet and create a second table displaying the summarized data.