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24 Cards in this Set
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Lipids are the only macro. that's not a ' '
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Polymer
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the three most important lipids are....
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Fats Phospholipids and Steroids
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a fat is made up of...
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fatty acid and Glycerol
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a fat is formed by
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dehydration systhesis
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the carboxly part is the..
and the hydroxyl part is the... and when they bond it makes the fat.... |
head
tail hydrophobic |
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2 examples of fats are...
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Palmatic acid and Steric acid
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a saturated fat has....
and is in what form... |
all single bonds
solid |
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an unsaturated fat has....
and is in what form.... and it is like this because... |
one or more double bonds
liquid because of the kink in its shape |
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the main function of fats is to..
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store energy, insulates, and cushions vital organs
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Phosphholipidsare made up of...
and the third hydroxyl group of the glycerol molecule joins with a... |
one glycerol and two fatty acid
phosphate group |
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the head of a phospholipid is....
the tail is...... |
polor and hydrophilic
nonpolar and hydrophobic |
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steroid are lipids with..
with ' ' attached |
four fused carbon rings
functional groups |
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cholesterol is a pre-curser to other steroids including...
it is also commonly found in.. |
vertibrae hormones, and bile acids
animal cell membrane |
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to much bad cholesterol can contribute to...
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atheroscerosis (bad cholesterol can clog arteries)
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a protein is...made of...
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a long chain of polymers made up of amion acids
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all amino acids have...
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a carbon atom at the center, and four partners bonded to the carbon.
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the four partners are..
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amino, carboxyl, hydrogen and a variable
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what are essential and nonessential amino acids?
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essential-you ahve to est
nonessential-your body makes them |
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hydorcarbons are....
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hydrophobic and NONPOLAR
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nonpolar and hydrophobic parts will try to...
and where... |
hide themselves
on the interior (and the opposite for polar and hydrophilic) |
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who accepts and who donates hydrgen ions?
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bases accept and acids donate
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polymers are formed by...
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dehydration synthesis
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the bond that joind two amino acids is...
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a peptide bond
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all proteins have their own...
with... |
unique shape
bends, twists and folds |