Lipids Are Important for All of the Following Except

question 29

Multiple Choice

Lipids are important for all of the following except

• A) reducing the permeability of the integument to water.
• B) storing water.
• C) forming cellular membranes.
• D) serving as hormones (for example, steroid lipids).

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Definitions:

Fertilization

The process by which a sperm cell unites with an egg cell, resulting in the formation of a zygote that can develop into a new organism.

Secondary Oocyte

The cell that results from the first meiotic division of the primary oocyte, which will undergo the second meiotic division if fertilized.

Reproductive Cells

Cells involved in sexual reproduction, including sperms in males and eggs (ova) in females.

Gametes

Reproductive cells (sperm in males and eggs in females) that carry half the genetic information of an individual, combining during fertilization to form a new organism.