Refer to the Table Below, Summarizing Energy Expenditures of Various

question 86

Multiple Choice

Refer to the table below, summarizing energy expenditures of various human tissues exposed to different temperatures. Based on the data and your knowledge of the characteristics of brown adipose tissue, which metabolic process is stimulated in brown adipose tissue but not in other tissues in response to cold?

• A) Fatty acid synthesis
• B) Gluconeogenesis
• C) Oxidative phosphorylation
• D) Triglyceride formation
• E) Glycogen synthesis

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Polymer of many amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

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