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24 Cards in this Set
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Liver (function) |
Produce Bile |
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Gall bladder (function) |
Store and secretes bile |
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Pancreas (function) |
Produce and secrete enzymes into small intestine |
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Subunit |
Single protein that makes up part of a macromolecule |
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Parastalsis |
The contraction and relaxation of muscles in the esophagus to transport food to the stomach |
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Dehydration synthesis |
Taking away water (H and OH) to assemble macromolecules |
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Hydrolosis |
To add water (H and OH) to disassemble macromolecules into parts |
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Macromolecules |
Large organic molecules (made from their subunits) |
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Carbohydrates (function) |
Energy storage |
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Monosaccharide |
Single sugar, Carbohydrate with 3-7 carbon atoms |
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Disaccharide |
Two simple sugar sugars (ex. lactose, sucrose) |
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Polysaccharide |
Complex carbohydrate, many linked sugars (ex. Starch, cellulose, glycogen) |
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Saturated fatty acid |
No double covalent bond (normally animal based, usually solid at room temp) |
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Unsaturated fatty acids |
Double covalent bonds (oils, usually plant based, liquid at room temp) |
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Proteins (function) |
Make up most cellular structures |
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Nucleic acids (function) |
Carry genetic information to make proteins |
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Lipids (function) |
Energy storage |
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Nucleic acids (subunits) |
Nucleotides |
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Proteins (subunits) |
Polymers (chains) of amino acids |
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Lipids (subunits) |
Triglyceride and phospholipid |
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Triglyceride |
1 glycerol and 3 fatty acid chains |
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Phospholipid |
One glycerol with 2 fatty acids |
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Enzyme |
A protein catalyst |
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Substrates |
Molecules that fit in an enzyme |
