HTHSCI 1LL3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Short-Chain Fatty Acid, Urea Cycle, Adipose Tissue

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HTHSCI 1LL3
• Professor: Dr. Terry McCurdy

Document Summary

This is a summary of the processes that occur from digestion to storage or use of components from that process. Tissues may be specialized for either a storage function (adipose tissue), anabolism (e. g. liver), or waste removal (e. g. anabolism (e. g. liver), or waste removal (e. g. kidney) Nutrients must be circulated to reach these sites. Anabolic is building up, catabolic is breaking down. Fed state stores things for when you run out (fast state) Hormones, nutrients, waste products are transported through the body by the circulatory system. Products of digestion go to the liver (water-soluble like carbs, proteins, and short chain fatty acids) or into the blood (through the lymphatic system if fat- soluble, like chylomicrons) Catabolism (breakdown) produces co2, which must be removed. Breakdown of proteins produces nitrogen which must be disposed of. Anabolism is buildup, e. g. protein translation from individual amino acids. The overall process of metabolism includes both.