BC LF Flashcards
MOST ABUNDANT ORGANIC MOLECULE IN NATURE
CARBOHYDRATE
MONOMER AND POLYMER OF CARBOHYDRATE
MONOSACCHARIDES AND POLYSACCHARIDE
WHAT IS THE COMMON RATIO OR “HYDRATE OF CARBON”
Cn(H2O)n
TWO FUNCTION OF CARBOHYDRATES
ENERGY SOURCE AND STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
Macromolecules ar linked together by a process of removing water called:
DEHYDRATION SYNTHESIS OR CONDENSATION
Macromolecules are broken down to their component monosaccharides through?
HYDROLYSIS
3 CLASSIFICATION OF CARBOHYDRATES
MONO OLIGO DISACCHARIDE
WHAT ARE YOUR MONOSACCHARIDES
GFGM
GLUCOSE (glu)
FRUCTOSE (fruc)
GALACTOSE(gal)
MANNOSE (man)
WHAT ARE YOUR DISACCHARIDES
SML
SUC - sucrose
MAL - maltose
LAC - lactose
WHAT ARE YOUR OLIGOSACCHARIDES
3-10 monosaccharides
3-10 monosaccharides are found in?
Endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi bodies
WHAT ARE YOUR POLYSACCHARIDES (7)k
starch glycogen cellulose chitin pectin gum peptidoglycan
WHAT IS YOUR MONOMER OF PROTEIN CALLED
AMINO ACIDS
POLYMER OF PROTEINS ARE CALLED
POLYPEPTIDES
HOW MANY LEVELS OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE ARE THERE?
4
PROTEINS THAT FUNCTION IN CATALYSIS
ENZYMES
GIVE 3 EXAMPLES OF ENZYMES
AMYLASE
CELLULOSE
PAPASE (papain)
PROTEINS THAT FUNCTION FOR STRUCTURE (3)
COLLAGEN
FIBROIN
KERATIN
EXAMPLE OF COLLAGEN
CONNECTIVE TISSUE MATRIX
EXAMPLE OF FIBROIN
SILK
EXAMPLE OF KERATIN STRUCTURES (4)
HAIR
HORNS
FEATHER
HOOVES
PROTEINS THAT FUNCTION FOR MOVEMENT
ACTIN AND TUBULIN
involved in cell movements of amoeba and sperm cells
ACTIN AND TUBULIN
ACTIN AND TUBULIN ARE FOUND IN
FLAGELLA AND CILIA
PROTEINS THAT FUNCTION FOR DEFENSE (5)
SKIN KERATIN FIBRINOGEN THROMBIN ANTIBODIES SPINES OF SEA URCHIN
PROTEINS THAT FUNCTION FOR REGULATION
HORMONES
PROTEINS THAT FUNCTION FOR TRANSPORT
HEMOGLOBIN
MYOGLOBIN
OXYGEN AND WASTE PRODUCT TRANSPORT
HEMOGLOBIN
TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN TO MUSCLE
MYOGLOBIN
PROTEN STORAGE FOR CORN
ZEIN
PROTEIN STORAGE FOR WHEAT
GLIADIN
PROTEIN STORAGE FOR EGG WHITE
OVALBUMIN
PROTEIN STORAGE FOR MILK
CASEIN
LIPIDS ARE DIFINED BY THEIR?
WATER REPELLING PROPERTY
LIPIDS CONTAIN?
3 FATTY ACIDS
1 GLYCEROL
LIPIDS ALSO CONTAIN NON POLAR HYDROCARBON GROUPS CALLED?
- CH3
- CH2
3 FUNCTIONS OF LIPIDS
TRANSPORT
STORAGE
INSULATION
3 TYPES OF LIPIDS
OILS
WAXES
PHOSPHOLIPIDS
IS LIQUID AT ROOM TEMPERATURE
OIL
SOLID IN ROOM TEMPERATURE
WAX
WHAT ARE THE TWO FORMS OF PHOSPHOLIPIDS IN AN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT?
MICELLE
PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER
AN AGGREGATE OF MOLECULES IN COLLOIDAL SOLUTION, SUCH AS THOSE FORMED BY DETERGENTS
MICELLE
OIL IS DERIVED USUALLY WHERE
PLANT
DERIVED USUALLY WHERE
ANIMAL
IS INVOLVED IN HEREDITY, PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND ENERGY CARRIERS
NUCLEIC ACIDS
MONOMER OF NUCLEIC ACID
NUCLEOTIDES
NUCLEOTIDES ARE CONNECTED BY ?
PHOSPHODIESTER BONDS
WHAT ARE THE THREE COMPONENTS OF NUCLEOTIDE
NITROGENOUS BASE
SUGAR
PHOSPHATE GROUP
SUGAR OF NUCELOTIDE
RIBOSE, DEOXYRIBOSE
WHAT ARE YOUR 5 NITROGENOUS BASES:
ADENINE GUANINE CYTOSINE THYMINE URACIL
BASE PAIRS ARE CONNECTED BY ?
HYDROGEN BONDS
ADENINE IS PAIRED BY?
THYMINE
GUANINE IS PAIRED BY?
CYTOSINE
TWO TYPES OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
DNA AND RNA
SUGAR OF DNA
DEOXYRIBOSE
BASES OF DNA
A G C T
ADENINE
GUANINE
CYTOSINE
THYMINE
STRAND OF DNA
DOUBLE HELIXED
HELIX PATTERN OF DNA
HELICAL
SUGAR OF RNA
RIBOSE
BASES OF RNA
A G C U
STRAND OF RNA
SINGLE STANDED
HELIX OF RNA
NON HELICAL
Biological response of a system to changes in predetermined set points of the body
FEEDBACK MECHANISM
FEEDBACK MECHANISM FUNCTIONS IN?
MAINTAINING HOMEOSTASIS
TYPE OF FEEDBACK MECHANISM IN WHICH THE OUTPUT REDUCES THE EFFECT OF THE ORIGINAL STIMULUS
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
EXAMPLE OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
THERMOREGULATION
TYPE OF FEEDBACK MECHANISM WHERE THE OUTPUT ENHANCES THE EFFECT OF THE ORIGINAL STIMULUS
POSITIVE FEEDBACK
EXAMPLE OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK MECHANISM
OXYTOCIN PRODUCTION DURING LABOUR
WHAT ARE THE FOUR HORMONES SECRETE BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND
GH
LH
FSH (interstitial cell stimulating hormone/ ISH)
PROLACTIN
WHAT ARE THE HORMONES SECRETED BY POSTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND?
ADH
OXYTOCIN
RELEASE OF TRH IN HYPOTHALAMUS WILL STIMULATE THE PITUITARY GLAND TO PRODUCE ____ AND RELEASE ______
TSH
THYROXINE
INCREASED LEVELS OF THYROXINE
HYPERTHYROIDISM
HYPERTHYROIDISM IS CHARACTERIZED BY?
INCREASED METABOLISM
HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASES CRH AND STIMULATES THE PITUITARY GLAND TO PRODUCE _____ AND RELEASE ____
ACTH
CORTISOL - adrenal gland
EXCESSIVE GH CAUSES
gigantism
acromegaly
Low levels OF GH CAUSES
DWARFISIM
CRETINISM
HORMONE FOR OVULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CORPUS LUTEUM
LH
HORMONES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GAMETES
FSH / ICSH
INCREASED WATER REABSORPTION
ADH
CAUSES MYOMETRIUM CONTRACTION
OXYTOCIN
GLUCAGON IS PRODUCED BY
ALPHA CELLS OF PANCREAS
INSULIN IS PRODUCED BY
BETA CELLS OF PANCREAS