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Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
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Chapter 3, Problem 5FIB
Fill in the following with the appropriate type of lipid:
Unsaturated, liquid at room temperature: __________; bees use to make honeycombs: __________; stores energy in animals: __________; sex hormones are synthesized from these: __________; the LDL form of this contributes to heart disease: __________; a major component of cell membranes that has polar heads: __________.
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