Seminar round up questions 4.10.24

Question 1

How do we store glucose in the body?

Answer 1

As glycogen

Question 2

What is anaerobic respiration and where does it occur?

Answer 2

Respiration without oxygen
in the cytoplasm

Question 3

What form do we store fat in our body which is used for energy?

Answer 3

Triglycerides

Question 4

What is the main energy currency in the body?

Answer 4

ATP broken into ADP

Question 5

What is a hormone?

Answer 5

Chemical substance produced in the body that regulates activity of cells/organs

Question 6

What elements make up carbohydrates?

Answer 6

Oxygen
Carbon
Hydrogen

Question 7

What elements make up fat?

Answer 7

Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen

Question 8

What components make up a triglyceride?

Answer 8

Glycerol and 3 fatty acids

Question 9

Where do you find phospholipids in the body?

Answer 9

Cell membrane

Question 10

What is produced when enzymes chemically break down proteins?

Answer 10

Amino acids

Question 11

What is an enzyme?

Answer 11

Compound that speeds up the rate of a chemical process, but not altered by the chemical process

Question 12

Does H+ have an extra proton or electron?

Answer 12

Proton

Question 13

What charge does a proton have?

Answer 13

Positive

Question 14

What charge does an electron have?

Answer 14

Negative

Question 15

What charge does a neutron have?

Answer 15

Neutral

Question 16

Does Cl - have an extra proton or electron?

Answer 16

An extra electron

Question 17

What are the 3 main typers of saccharides?

Answer 17

Mono, di, poly

Question 18

What is beta oxidation?

Answer 18

Catabolic process which gets energy from the bonds in fatty acids

Question 19

what are the two co-enzymes for energy production?

Answer 19

NAD and FAD

Question 20

What is glycolysis?

Answer 20

Breaking down of glucose to release energy to regenerate ATP

Question 21

What elements make up proteins?

Answer 21

Carbon
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Nitrogen

Question 22

Why is bone density important?

Answer 22

Denser bone can reduce fracture risk

Question 23

Where is epithelial tissue found?

Answer 23

Covers body surfaces, lines organs, cavities and glands

Question 24

Define anabolism

Answer 24

Building up simple structures into a more complex one

Question 25

What is the role of epithelial tissue?

Answer 25

Barrier, secretion and protection

Question 26

What bonds hold molecules together where electrons are shared?

Answer 26

covalent

Question 27

What is hypertrophy?

Answer 27

Growth to make bigger cells

Question 28

What are isotopes?

Answer 28

Atoms of the same element that have same number of protons, different number of neutrons. Same atomic number, different atomic mass

Question 29

What are cations?

Answer 29

Positively charged ions

Question 30

Define catabolism

Answer 30

Breaking down a complex structure into more simple ones

Question 31

What are compounds?

Answer 31

Type of molecule where 2 or more different elements are chemically bonded by ionic or covalent bonds

Question 32

What is weight?

Answer 32

Sum of mass and gravitational attention of the earth

Question 33

What is mass?

Answer 33

amount of matter in an object

Question 34

What are the 3 types of muscular tissue?

Answer 34

Cardiac Skeletal Smooth

Question 35

What are the 3 components of an atom?

Answer 35

Protons Neutrons Electrons

Question 36

What are molecules?

Answer 36

Two or more atoms bonded together, can be same or different

Question 37

What is hyperplasia?

Answer 37

A growth of new cells

Question 38

What are anions?

Answer 38

Negatively charged ions

Question 39

What are the 4 types of tissue?

Answer 39

Epithelial Connective Nervous Muscular

Question 40

What is the difference between Diatomic and polyatomic molecules?

Answer 40

Diatomic are two atoms of the same element (O2). Polyatomic molecules are made up of two or more atoms (H2O)