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SCI Human Biology - 1Assigned: 10/18 Due: 10/19Fat is doing us a favor...You may need to look up some of the answers on the internet or your book. (1) Liposuction suctions out adipose tissue. What is adipose tissue? adipose tissue is fat. (2) Define epidemic. a classification of disease that appears as a new cases in a given human population.. during a given period, t a rate that substantailly e exceeds what is expected based on recent experience.. (3) Define obesity. (4) How could we have an obesity epidemic? B/c the food we eat is always changing... it is hard for us to adapt to certain qualities involving the food. causing us to have diseases and such b/c of what we put into our bodies. (5) What are the main obesity related illnesses? diabetes, heart disease, liver problems, kidney problems. (6) How does the liver protect the body from alcohol? It absorbs the toxins that are in alcohol (7) Where does excess energy go? it is stored in the fat.. (8) Why do we have so much excess energy in our diet?
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(9) If we didn't have adipose tissue where could we put the excess energy? Is this OK? we would have a lot of extra eergy in our blood.. o this is not good. to much energy is not good. (9) Humans have much more body fat than our closest relatives the chimpanzees. What is a possible evolutionary reason for this? to keep ourselves warmm.. our skin isn't as tough.. this gives a different type of insulation to our organs. (10) Adipocytes (Fat cells) are filled with fat called triglycerides. Describe the triglyceride structure and why it contains so much energy. (11) What happens to adipocytes when we gain weight? (a lot of weight) they increase.. (12) Adipose tissue can be an endocrine gland too. Which hormone do adipocytes release, and how does this signal the body that it is time for puberty?