After a Fat-Containing Meal Is Absorbed, About How Many Hours

question 79

Multiple Choice

After a fat-containing meal is absorbed, about how many hours does it take the body to remove the chylomicrons from the blood?

• A)2
• B)5
• C)10
• D)14
• E)16

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Definitions:

Ribosomes

Cellular organelles that function as the site of protein synthesis, reading mRNA and assembling amino acids into proteins.

Ascocarp

The fruiting body of ascomycete fungi, where the spores, called ascospores, are produced within sac-like structures called asci.

Sporangium

Structure that produces spores.

Flagellated

Describes organisms or cells possessing one or more whip-like structures called flagella, used for movement.