Which of the following statements about ketone bodies is/are true? (Select ALL t

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Which of the following statements about ketone bodies is/are true? (Select ALL that are true.) A. One cause of ketone body formation can be that oxaloacetate is being used up by continuous gluconeogenesis during starvation, slowing the TCA cycle. B. The production of ketone bodies frees up molecules of CoA so that -oxidation can continue. C. Ketone bodies are produced only during vigorous exercise. D. Ketone bodies provide an alternate substrate for glycolysis in the brain. E. Ketone bodies are formed in the brain when -oxidation is interrupted.

Explanation / Answer

(A), (B), (D) are true.

(C) is not true because ketone bodies are also produced during fasts.

(E) IS not true because ketone bodies are formed in mitochondria of liver cells

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