Use the Following to Answer the Questions Below

question 62

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer the questions below:
In each of the following multiple-choice questions, characterize EACH of the three given statements as being TRUE or FALSE and then indicate the collective true-false status of the statements using the choices:
-Statements:
(1) The ketone body acetoacetate lowers blood pH because of the presence of a carboxyl (acid) group in its structure.
(2) Two products of the initial "turn" in the -oxidation pathway are acetyl CoA and a fatty acid that contains two more carbon atoms than the reactant fatty acid.
(3) Fatty acids produced through lipogenesis cannot contain more than 14 carbon atoms.

• A) All three statements are true.
• B) Two of the three statements are true.
• C) Only one of the statements is true.
• D) None of the statements is true.

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