Other Things

Question 1

meth-

Answer 1

1 carbon

Question 2

eth-

Answer 2

2 carbons

Question 3

prop-

Answer 3

3 carbons

Question 4

but-

Answer 4

4 carbons

Question 5

pent-

Answer 5

5 carbons

Question 6

hex-

Answer 6

6 carbons

Question 7

form-

Answer 7

1 carbon

Question 8

acet-

Answer 8

2 carbons

Question 9

am(yl)-

Answer 9

5 carbons

Question 10

benz-

Answer 10

6 carbons; hexagon structure

Question 11

phen-

Answer 11

6 carbons; hexagon structure

Question 12

-ane

Answer 12

if the thing the structures (meth-, eth-, etc.) are attached to is H

Question 13

cyclo-

Answer 13

prefix for if molecules are in a ring structure

Question 14

acetylcholine

Answer 14

neurotransmitter that tells muscles to go! (move/contract/whatever)

Question 15

acetylcholine esterase

Answer 15

enzyme that breaks acetylcholine down (makes the muscle stop)

Question 16

Sarin

Answer 16

chemical weapon that mimics acetylcholine, destroys the enzyme that breaks acetylcholine down; muscles get stuck

Question 17

Dopamine!

Answer 17

neurotransmitter

important in addition, schizophrenia, our construction of reality…

released when something good happens; helps construct what’s good, what’s important, etc

Question 18

Oxytocin

Answer 18

neurotransmitter that does love and bonding and companionship and stuff

Question 19

hormones

Answer 19

synchronize things in your body

Question 20

phermones

Answer 20

synchronize things between ppl

Question 21

MHC

Answer 21

protein in immune system – female rats are attracted to male rats with different MHC. in straight people, the more similar the MHC, the more likely ppl are to have an affair

Question 22

epinephrine

Answer 22

(like adrenaline, but “adrenaline” is used for hormone, epinephrine used for neurotransmitter)

1. in the brain – focus
2. in the body – alarm – sympathetic nervous system

Question 23

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 23

5 “f”s – fear, fight, flight, freeze, fuck
norepinephrine
eyes dilate, heart beats faster, lungs open up, digestive systems slow

Question 24

R-OH

Answer 24

alcohol,
-ol
polar

Question 25

R-NH

Answer 25

amine,
-ine
polar

Question 26

R-C=O

___-R

Answer 26

ketone,
-one
subset of carbonyl

polar

Question 27

Carbonyl

Answer 27

Ketone & Aldehyde

C=O plus some other stuff

Question 28

R-C=O

___-H

Answer 28

aldehyde
-al
subset of carbonyl

polar

Question 29

R-C=O

___-OH

Answer 29

carboxylic acid

• ic acid,
• ate

polar

Question 30

R-C=O

___-NH2

Answer 30

Amide
-ide

polar

Question 31

Adenosine

Answer 31

as it builds up, we get sleepy. caffeine mimics it & blocks it from building up.

you have ATP (adenosine triphosphates), which are adenosine + phosphates.
the phosphates get knocked off, and just adenosine is left. builds up & we get sleepy.

Question 32

if you have a positive charge, you can make one ____ bond

Answer 32

one more bond

bc you have room for one more electron

Question 33

if you have a negative charge, you can make one ____ bond

Answer 33

one fewer bond

bc you have room for fewer electrons

Question 34

Opiates do what?

Answer 34

(Mimic endorphins) – inhibit gaba, which therefore can’t inhibit dopamine, so dopamine is released

Question 35

Amphetamine looks like

Answer 35

One ring, a nitrogen,

Question 36

Caffeine looks like

Answer 36

Two rings

Question 37

Opiates look like

Answer 37

Four rings, like a honeycomb

Question 38

Antagonist

Answer 38

Binds in place of a neurotransmitter, blocks, has opposite effect

Question 39

Agonist

Answer 39

Mimics neurotransmitter, mimics effect

Question 40

Caffeine

Answer 40

Antagonist for adenosine

Question 41

Sarin

Answer 41

Inhibits enzyme that clears acetylcholine

Question 42

Cocaine

Answer 42

Blocks reuptake of dopamine

Question 43

Heroin

Answer 43

Inhibits GABA (an inhibitor of dopamine)

Question 44

Nitrogen gas

Answer 44

Two nitrogens bonded together

Question 45

Nitrous oxide

Answer 45

Two nitrogens bonded together, plus one oxygen ?