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| Most important ions in your body |
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| How many ions do you want in your body? |
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A small amount
Low acidity gives you fewer ions and that is what the body wants. |
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| Why do you want a small amount of ions in your body? |
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| So that they can constantly be moving to neutralize. When the ions stop moving we die. |
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| move substances toward neutrality |
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| 5 important organic compounds |
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carbohydrates
lipids
proteins (enzymes)
vitamins
mucliec acid |
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| simplest unit of an organic compound |
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| 2 or more monomers combined |
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| Carbohydrates (description) |
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contain hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen
(H:O ratio is always 1:2) |
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monosaccharides (simple sugars)
ex. glucose, fructose, glactose |
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| Empirical Formula of Simple Sugars |
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contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
(H:O ratio is not 2:1) |
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disaccharides (ex. succrose, maltose, lactose)
polysaccharides- chains of monosaccharides (ex. starch, glycogen, cellylose) |
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| energy (or supporting plants) |
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| energy for plants (grains) |
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| is also fiber (undigestable) |
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| 3 molecules of fatty acid and 1 molecule of glycerol |
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fats (solidat form)
oils
waxes
steroids (type of hormone) |
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energy storage
2/3 of every plasma membrane is lipid |
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| contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen |
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| amino acids (from plants) |
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contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen
ends in 'ase' lactose --> lactase |
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| control all chemical reactions (1 enzyme = 1 chemical reaction) |
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| Nucleic Acids (description) |
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| contains carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorous |
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DNA is the hereditary material
RNA is used to take DNA's info and take it to ribosomes to make proteins |
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| vitamins themselves (ex. Vitamin D - the only vitamin your body actually makes) |
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| each vitamin has a specific use |
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| Any compound that does not contain carbon |
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