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anatomy ch 2

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what are the three parts of a carbohydrate   carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen  
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what are monosaccharides   simple sugars  
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examples of a monosaccharide   glucose and fructose  
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what is a disaccharide   2 simple sugars condensed by dehydration synthesis  
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example of a disaccharide   sucrose  
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what are polysaccharides   many monosaccharides condensed by dehydration synthesis  
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examples of polysaccharides   glycogen, starch, cellulose  
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what is a lipid   mainly hyrophobic molecules such as fats, oils and waxes  
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what is a lipid made of   mostly carbon and hydrogen atoms  
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examples of lipids   fatty acids, fats, steroids, phospholipids  
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what are fatty acids   long chains of carbon atoms with attached hydrogen atoms that end in a carboxylic acid group (energy source) (NON POLAR)  
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saturated means...   with hydrogen  
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unsaturated means...   one or more double bonds (mono=1 poly=1 or more)  
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how is a fat made   fatty acids attach to a glycerol molecule  
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what are triglycerides and their fuction   3 fatty-acid tails. energy source, insulation, protection  
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what are steroids   4 rings of carbon and hydrogen with an assortment or functional groups  
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types of steroids   cholesterol, estrogen & testosterone, corticosteroids & calcitriol, bile salts  
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what are phospholipids   diglycerides, compnents of plasma (cell) membranes  
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What are proteins formed from   amino acids & contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen  
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what are proteins   most abundent and important organic molecules, basic building blocks (12 amino acids)  
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protein functions   support, movement, transport, buffering, metabolic regulation, coordination and control, defense  
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what is denaturation   loss of shape & function due to heat of pH  
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what is the function of an enzyme   catalyst-proteins that lower the activation energy of a chemical reaction  
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what are nucleic acids   large organic molecules found in the nucleus which store and process info. @ the molecular level  
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DNA stands for...   Deoxyribonucleic acid  
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fuctions of DNA   inherited characteristics, directs protein synthesis, controls enzyme produciton, controls metabolism  
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RNA stand for...   ribonucleic acid  
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function of RNA   controls intermediate steps in protein synthesis, copies genetic code  
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what are DNA and RNA made of   strings of nucleotides  
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what are the 3 molecular parts of nucleotides   a sugar, phosphate group, nitrogenous base  
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A always bonds with...   T  
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G always bongs with...   C  
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what is ATP   a high-energy compound used by cells (most important h-e compound)  
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what is ATPase   the enzyme that catalyzes phosphorylation  
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chemicals form functional unites called....   cells  
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what does ATP stand for   adenosine triphosphate  
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how do cells make ATP   by adding a phosphate group to ADP  
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proteins are chains of amino acids linked by...   peptide bonds  
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