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15 Cards in this Set
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Monomer
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The subunit that serves as the building block of a polmer
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RNA
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a nucleic acid containing ribose found in all living cells, essential for protein synthesis. RNA also acts instead of DNA as the genetic material in some viruses.
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nucleotide
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The building block of a nucleic acid consisting of five-Carbon sugar covalently bonded to a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group
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Fatty acid
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A long carbon chain caboxylic acid fatty. Fatty acids vary in length and in the number and location of double bonds ; three fatty acids linked to a glycerol molecule form fat.
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Cholesterol
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A steroid that forms an essential component of animal cell membranes and acts as a precursor molecule for the synthesis of other biologically important steroids
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polysaccharide
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A polymer of up to over a thousand monosccharides, formed by dehydratin reactions.
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Carbohydrate
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A sugar (monosacchride) or one of its dimers (disacchrides) or polymers (polysacchrides)
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Triacylglycerol
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Three fatty acids linked to one glycerol molecule
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Nucleic Acid
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A polymer consisting of many nucleotide monomers; serves as a blue priint for proteins and, through the actions of proteuns, for all cellular activities, The two types are DNA and RNA
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Disaccharide
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A double sugar consisting of two monosacchrides joined by dehydration synthesis
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Lipid
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One of a family of compounds including fats phospholipids and steroids that are insoluble in water
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Pyrimidine
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One of two types of nitrogenious bases found in nucleotides, Cytosine, thymine, and uracil
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cellulose
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A structural polysacchride of cell walls , consisiting of glucose monomers joined by B-1, 4-glycosidic linkages.
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purine
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One of two types of nitrogenous bases found in nucleotides.
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amino acid
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An organic molecule possesing both carboxyl and amino groups. Amino acids serve as the monomers of proteins.
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