Blood, Chemical foundations

Question 1

bilirubin

Answer 1

end product of the metabolism during the normal destruction of red blood cells

Question 2

colloid osmotic pressure

Answer 2

osmotic pressure because of proteins that can not pass through the membrane

Question 3

complement system

Answer 3

protein molecules responsible for the elimination of the antigen antibody complex

Question 4

evans blue

Answer 4

blue stain used to measure the blood volume

Question 5

fibrogen

Answer 5

protein component of the blood plasma, important for blood clotting because of forming fibrin

Question 6

globulin

Answer 6

protein with a tertiary structure, e.g. hemoglobin

Question 7

homeostasis

Answer 7

maintenance of the relative internal stability

Question 8

hematocrit

Answer 8

blood volume of RBCs 40-50%

Question 9

memory cell

Answer 9

lymphocyte specialized for the long term storage of the code to synthesize an antibody

Question 10

phagocyte

Answer 10

cell that eats other cells or microorganism or foreign particles

Question 11

protein

Answer 11

macromolecule build up by amino acids

Question 12

tight junctions

Answer 12

area of membrane fusion, no passage of extracellular material

Question 13

ATP

Answer 13

Adenosine triphosphate , energy source

Question 14

cellulose

Answer 14

polysaccharide build up of glucose molecules forming straight chains

Question 15

CoA

Answer 15

coenzyme A build around the adenine nucleotide

Question 16

collagen

Answer 16

protein main component of collagen fibers

Question 17

comeptitive inhibition

Answer 17

reversible inhibition caused my an molecule that can bind to the same active side of an enzyme

Question 18

conformational change

Answer 18

reversible change of a proteinstructure

Question 19

covalent bind

Answer 19

storgens bond between two atoms in wich the electrons are shared

Question 20

disulfide linkage

Answer 20

a bound between two sulfides groups=> structure of a protein

Question 21

electrochemical protential

Answer 21

comined effect of the electrical and concentration gradient of an ion

Question 22

electrostatic interaction

Answer 22

attraction between oppositely charred ions or parts of lager molecules

Question 23

GTP

Answer 23

guanosine triphosphate, energy rich nucleotide

Question 24

hydrogen bond

Answer 24

weak interaction between an h atom bound to a highly electronegative atom in a molecule

Question 25

lipids

Answer 25

compounds soluble in nonpolar solvents

Question 26

ligand

Answer 26

signal molecule that can specifically bind to an receptor

Question 27

NAD

Answer 27

nicotinamid adenine dinucleotide, a coenzym

Question 28

peptide

Answer 28

short protein molecule

Question 29

peptide bond

Answer 29

covalent bind created by the condensation of amino and carboxyl group of 2 amino acids

Question 30

Van der Waals

Answer 30

weak attraction between atoms and molecules with hydrophobic properties