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Glucose
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A monosacharide that provides the primary source of energy for the cells
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Amino acids
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Building blocks of protein
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dissacharides
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sucrose maltose and lactose, sometimes called double sugars
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Nonessential amino acids
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Amino acids that can be sythesized by the body
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cellulose
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Non digestable polysacharide found in plants
ie; fiber |
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glycogen
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Glucose is stored as this polysacharide, it is called animal starch
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urea
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A nitrogen containing waste product
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nitrogen
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protein contains this in addition to carbon, oxygen and hydrogen
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essential amino acids
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Amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the body and must therefore be obtained by dietary intake
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monosacharides
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Glucose, fructose and galactose
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Lipids
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classified as triglycerides and steroids
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Organic
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carbon containing substances
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fatty acids and glycerol
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building blocks of lipids
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glycolosis
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A series of anaerobic reactions that occur in the cytoplasm
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catabolism
canabolism occurs when canabals chew big peices of meat into small ones |
Chemical reactions that degrade larger more complex substances substances into smaller simpler substances
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Co2 Water, Energy, ATP
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The end products of aerobic catabolims of glucose
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anabolism
Ana builds large stuff |
build larger more complex substances
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enzyme
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Almost every chemical rection in body must be catalyzed by this
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Krebs Cycle
MR Krebs is is a a Mito chondriac |
A Cycle or series of aerobic reactions that take place in the mitochondria
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Peptide bond
alanine and valine join a group that bonds them together |
Amino group of alanine joins with valine to form this
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Lactic Acid
Lactic acid comes from Peru |
Absence of oxygen, Pyruvic acid is converted to Lactic acid
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Ketone bodies
In order to get a key toned body you need to be working out Rapidly, so you can breakdown your fatty ass |
Rapid, incomplete breakdown of fatty acids
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DNA
"Double Helix" |
Double stranded nucleic acid that contains the genetic code
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tRNA
t=translator, translates the RNA |
Nucleotide carries individual amino acids from cytoplasm to ribosomes for assembly along the mRNA Reads the code and translates it
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deoxyribose
"d" goes with the d in dna |
Sugar that is found in DNA
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Ribose
"r" goes with the "r" in RNA |
Sugar found in RNA
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mRNA
m= Copy Cat |
copies genetic code from DNA, also involved in transcription "copier"
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nucleotide
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Substance Phosphate, sugar and a base
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