Here is a diagram of the Endogenous Adipose/Liver, Free Fatty

Acid/VLDL Cycle, aka “Dixon” cycle, aka endogenous lipid metabolism, with numbers showing important parts. Please use it to answer the questions below concerning what happens in the “Dixon” cycle where the numbers are located. In some cases, more than one number is indicated!

Question 18 before scramble: Location #5: The presence of an enzyme in the capillary wall will participate in the delivery of fatty acids to the heart. This particular part of the "Dixon" cycle is particularly important because it points to the main purpose of the cycle, which is:

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Here is a diagram of the Endogenous Adipose/Liver, Free Fatty

Acid/VLDL Cycle, aka “Dixon” cycle, aka endogenous lipid metabolism, with numbers showing important parts. Please use it to answer the questions below concerning what happens in the “Dixon” cycle where the numbers are located. In some cases, more than one number is indicated!

Question 18 before scramble: Location #5: The presence of an enzyme in the capillary wall will participate in the delivery of fatty acids to the heart. This particular part of the "Dixon" cycle is particularly important because it points to the main purpose of the cycle, which is:

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Question restatement: We’re looking at Endogenous Lipid Transport and the Dixon cycle, focusing on Location #5, which involves an enzyme in the capillary wall that helps deliver fatty acids to the heart, and we’re asked about the main purpose of this cycle.

Option 1: "to keep your brain working as you sleep". While the brain uses energy and can utilize fuels like glucose and some fatty acids, the Dixon cycle’s highlighted function at Location #5 centers on supplying heart tissue with fatty acids for continuous energy, not specifically on brain activity during sleep. This makes this option inaccurate in describing the cycle’s primary purpose.

Option 2: "to provide glucose to your muscles during exercise". Glucose delivery and use during exercise is governed by glycolysis and glycogenolysis; the Dixon cycle emphasizes fatty acid delivery and oxidation rather than glucose provision for muscle work. Therefore, this option misstates the primary fuel pathway associated with the cycle.

Option 3: "to keep you alive by providing energy to your heart at all times". This aligns with the cycle’s described role: delivering fatty acids to the heart to sustain continuous, basal, or high-demand energy production. The presence of an enzyme in the capillary wall facilitating FA delivery directly supports heart energetics, making this the correct interpretation of the cycle’s main purpose.

Option 4: "to help in the digestion of dietary fat at all hours". Digestion of dietary fat occurs in the digestive system (lipases, emulsification, chylomicron processing) and is not the function of an endothelial enzyme within the capillary wall in the Dixon cycle, which is about endogenous lipid transport to tissues like the heart. Thus, this is not an accurate description of the cycle’s purpose.

In summary, the key idea of the Dixon cycle location in question is the chronic, heart-directed delivery of fatty acids for energy, which underpins the correct choice among the options.

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