Exam 11: Carbohydrates: Structure and Function

Most animals cannot digest cellulose. However, those with a second stomach, containing specific bacteria that produce β-glycosidases, can digest cellulose. What is the role of the β-glycosidase in digesting cellulose?

Which of the following statements related to the formation of dental caries is FALSE?

Which of the following structures is an α-anomer?

Animals store energy in the form of

What is the product(s) of the hydrolysis of the following sugar? Sucrose

Which statement best describes how a cell distinguishes between a host cell and foreign cell?

This disaccharide is composed of two glucose molecules.

The Fischer projection for fructose is shown below. Which carbon determines whether the sugar is d- or l-?

The ring form with the ring structure shown at left below is called a ________, and the ring form with the ring structure to the right below is called a _________.

Which one of these molecules is a naturally occurring sugar?

These polysaccharides are made of glucose.

Which of the following is the best definition for diabetes?

The most common disease in the world is

Starches in our diet contain _________ of glucose units bonded together.

A patient with chronic pancreatitis has her pancreas removed. Which of the following effects would be most likely?

Which of the following blood types is most common?

Insulin acts to __________, whereas glucagon __________.

The circled carbon in the cyclic structure of glucose corresponds to which boxed carbon in the linear structure?

The figure below illustrates a(n)

Which of the following statements best explains how mutarotation occurs in solution?