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what are the main chemicals of life

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vitamins/minerals
water
lipids
proteins
carbohydrates

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what do vitamins/ minerals do in body

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help in chemical reactions building body components

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what does water do in body

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helps transport and breakdown other nutrients

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what do lipids do in the body

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energy storage and a componet in cell membrane

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what do proteins and nucleic acids do in the body

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components of cell and made up amino acids

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what do carbohydrates do in the body (main fuction)

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primary energy source

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what are carbohydrates composed of

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composed of sugar carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms

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what are carbohydrates 3 categorys

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monosaccharids
disaccharids
polysaccharids

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what are the 3 monosaccharid types

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  • glucose
    -fructose
    -glactose
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what are monosaccharids reffered to as

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simple sugars or reducing sugars

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what are the 3 types of disaccharides

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-sucrose
-maltose
-lactose

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definiton of disaccharides

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two simple sugars (monosaccharides) combined together

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what is sucrose made out of

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gloucose and fructose

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what is maltose made out of

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2 glucose

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what is lactose made out of

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glucose and galactose

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what process hepls form polysaccharides and disaccharides

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dehydration syntheis

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what is the definition of polysaccharieds

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many simple sugars comined also by dehydration synthis

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what ar the 3 types of polysaccharies

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starch
cellulose
glyogen

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what does starch do

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stores energy in plants

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what does cellulose do

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carbohydrates that provide structure support in cell wall (fiber)

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what does glycogen do

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carbohydrate for energy in animal cells

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what do simple carbs do

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they’re quick fuel and makes blood glucose and inslin levels higher and let of energy quicker so less full over time

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what do complex carbs do

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they take more time to break down so it makes you full for longer and more energy over time

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what is dehydration sythesis

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processs latger molecules made from smaller by taking out the h2o and so a new bond is formed making it bigger

small to large

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what is hydrolysis
when a larger molecule breaks down into smaller molecules by adding water large to small
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what test can you do to test if something is a monosaccharide
using a benedict solution test if blue its not if yellow low red is high
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what test is used to identify starches
using the iodine test to find starches (polysaccharides) is black its positive
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what are the 3 types of lipids
fats oils wax
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description of fats
lipids that are solid at room temp and is a animal source
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description of oils
lipids that are liquids at room temp plant source
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description of waxes
long chain lipids (cant digest)
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what are trigylcerides made out of
glycerol and 3 fatty acids
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are triglycerides polar or non-polar
nonpolar
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what do trigycerides do
they float through the blood and used to store energy for later
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what are phospholipids made out of
phosphate and glyerol bonded 2 fatty acids has hydrophopic tails hydrophillic heads
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what are lipids function
-long term energy storage - cell memberanes - carries vitamins
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when theres a sequence of amino acids what does it form
polypeptide chain
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what are traits of the primary protein structure
its very dissorginized string of amino acids come together called polypeptieds
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what are the 4 types of peptides
- vasopressin -oxytocin - angiotensins - defensins
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traits of the protein secondaty structure do
folding of the polypeptide backbones and 2 possible shapes (beta or alpha) form from hydo bonding
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traits of protein teritary structure
folds into 3 dimentional shapes folding the entire polypeptide chain happens from th R groups influence
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what are the protein teritary structure influences (how they bond and form)
- hydro bonds - ionic bonds -london forces -hydrophbic on non-polor sides
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traits protein quaternary structure
multiple polypeptide chains ex hemoglobin has chain intractions to make shape
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what does denaturation mean
- causes temporary change to shape on protein -happens from heat, radiation, or diff ph
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what does coagulation mean
it can occur after denaturation and is a permanent change in protein shape (like blood clot)
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vasopressin peptide fuction
regulate water in surrounding cells
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oxytocin peptide function
create feeling of love and bonding
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defensins peptide function
help with wound healthing
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angiotenins peptide function
regulate blood pressure
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Catalyst function
help chemical reactions (breaking down nutrients) because it lowers activation energy so the reaction can happen quicker without as much energy going in
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Active Site on an enzyme function
area on enzyme where reaction takes place
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Substrate function
a molecule that an enzyme works on (thing that fits into the active site)
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when something has the ending ase what does it mean it is
an enzyme
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what 2 things are an enyme under carbohydrase (breaking down carbs)
Amylase (salivary, pancreatic), Disaccharidase (maltase, lactase)
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what 2 things are an enyme under Protease (breakdown proteins)
Pepsin, trypsin, erepsin
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what 2 things are an enyme under Lipase (breakdown lipids)
Lipase and Phospholipase
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what are the steps to enzymes
1) Enzyme's active site binds the substrate molecule(s) 2) Chemical reaction takes place 3) Product is released and enzyme is ready to work again
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what do Cofactors / Coenzymes do
help enzymes bind to substrate
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whats the difference between Cofactors / Coenzymes
Cofactor = inorganic ion (Fe, Zn, K) Coenzyme = organic molecule from a vitamin
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what are factors that affect enzymes reactions
pH Substrate Concentration Temperature Competitive Inhibition Regulation of Enzyme Activity (feedback)
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substrate is the substance you are..
breaking down
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whats Competitive Inhibition
Attaches to the active site, preventing the enzyme from working ex penicilin
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Feedback Inhibition
regulation of chemicals is essential - if we have enough testosterone, we wouldn’t want excess as this could cause heart problems (regulates how much chemicals) (called negative bc slows down chemicicals there)
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Allosteric Activity
a change in an enzyme caused by a binding of a molecule
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Precursor Activity
when substrate accumulates it binds to the regulatory site improving fit of the active site, speeding up the formation of products (possitive bc more )
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what does salivary amylase do
made from mouths salivary glands breaks down startch to shorter polysaccharids
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where are disaccharids made / act
made in small intestine and act there
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what do disaccharids do
breaks down disaccharids to monosaccharids
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what does pancreatic amylase do
breaks down polysaccharide chains into disaccharides from pancrease to act in small intestine
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what are the steps of carb enzyme break down
foods chewed up then salivary glands activated and breakes down starches to poly then after food travels w peristalsis stomach has contractions small intestine gets food from stomach pancrease secreates pancreatic amylase into small intestine to break poly to di then disaccharids secreated from small intestine to break di to mono
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where does lipid digestion take place
- small intestine, liver, pancrease
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what enzyme is made in liver and helps with lipid digestion
bile is made liver stored in gallbladder and it is used to emulsify / break large to small (also increases sa while doing so )
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what happens in the small intesine when any food enters lipid digestion
when any food enters small intestine it releases hormones and gallbladder will secreate bile pancrease secreates lipase and phpsphipase
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what does lipase do
produced in pancrease acts in small intestine breaks down fat into gycerol/fatty acids
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how is cck activated and how it activates bile / how does it act
- activated when fat enters small i and stimulates release cck - cck carried by bloodstream to gallbladder then there it realeases bile from gallbadder -bile emulsifys fat
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where does protein digestion occur
stomach small intestine pancrease
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what does the stomach stimulate to release more hcl
gastrin helps release more hcl
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how is pepsin made in protein digestion
once gastrin released that makes more hcl that reacts with pepsinogen to create pepsin
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what does pepsin do in protein disestion
it starts chemical breakdown proteins polypeptide chains to shorter ones
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where does protein digestion start
stomach
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what happens in the small intestine with protein digestion
trypsinogen is converted to be typsin from pancrease that continues to digest already working on the partially digested and erepsin made from pancrease finishes break off of proteins making them individual amino acids
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where is typsin and erepsin made
pancrease then they act in small intestine
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what is the part of the large intestine that absobes water
colon
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what is the ending section on the small intestine where most digestion occurs
caecum
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what are folds on stomach called
rugae

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