Lecture 1 A&P intro and chemistry Flashcards
(114 cards)
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Levels of organization in order (9)
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Atoms Molecules Macromolecules organelles cells tissue organ system organism
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What are the 4 types of tissue in human body
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Epithelial
connective
nervous
muscle
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What are the 11 systems in human body
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Integumentary ( skeletal muscular lymphatic respiratory digestive nervous endocrine cardiovascular urinary reproductive
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What are the 3 components of the integumentary system
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skin
hair
glands
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What are 5 functions of integumentary system
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protection regulates body temp Vitamin D synthesis Eliminates waste sensations
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What are 3 components of skeletal system
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bones
joint
cartilage
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What are 5 functions of skeletal system
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support protect movement produces blood cells stores mineral and fats
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What is 1 component of muscular system
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skeletal muscles
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What are 3 functions of muscular system
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body movement
posture
produces heat
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What are 4 components of nervous system
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Brain
nerves
spinal cord
special sense organs
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What are 2 functions of nervous system
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Action potentials (nerve impulses) Detects, interprets and responds to changes in environment
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What is the components of Endocrine system
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-Hormone producing glands and cells (ex. hypothalamus, adrenal glands)
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What is the function of endocrine system
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Regulates bodily functions
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What are 3 components of cardiovascular system
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blood
heart
blood vessels
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What are 3 functions of cardiovascular system
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- pumps blood
- carries O2 and nutrients to cells and wastes away
- regulates temp, acid-base balance, and H2O
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What are 5 components of lymphatic system
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- lymph fluid and vessels
- spleen
- thymus
- lymph nodes
- tonsils
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What are 2 functions of lymphatic system
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- transport dietary lipids
- protection
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What are 5 components of respiratory systems
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lungs pharynx larynx trachea bronchial tree
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What are 3 functions of respiratory system
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- exchange of gases
- acid base balance
- sound production
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What are 6 components of the digestive system
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- mouth
- pharynx
- esophagus
- stomach and intestine
- salivary gland
- liver, gallbladder, pancreas
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What are 3 functions of digestive system
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- breakdown of food
- absorption of food
- eliminates waste
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What are 4 components of urinary system
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Kidneys
ureters
urinary bladder
urethra
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What are 3 functions of urinary system
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- eliminates waste
- regulates blood composition and volume
- acid-base balance
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What are 3 components of reproductive system
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- ovaries
- testes
- associated structures
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What are 2 functions of reproductive system
- produce gametes
| - hormone regulation of reproduction
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What are 11 characteristics of life
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Movement
responsiveness
growth
reproduction
respiration
differentiation (unspecialized to specialized)
digestion
absorption
circulation
assimilation (change absorbed sub into chem diff one)
excretion
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Life depends on what 5 environmental factors
1. water
2. food
3. oxygen
4. heat
5. pressure
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Why do we need water from environment
- most abundant substance in our body
- need for metabolic processes
- need to transport substances in body
- need to regulate body temp
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Why do we need food from environment
- provides necessary nutrients
- supplies energy
- supplies body with raw materials
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Why do we need oxygen from environment
- 1/5 of what makes up air
| - need it to release energy from nutrients
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why do we need heat from environment
- form of energy
| - partly controls rate of metabolic reactions
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Why do we need pressure from the environment
- atmospheric pressure (for breathing)
| - hydrostatic pressure (keeps blood flowing)
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What is homeostasis
maintaining of a stable internal environment
- involves maintaining the vol and composition of bodily fluids and processes
- this physiological normal is dynamic
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What are 3 components in homeostatic control mechanisms
1. receptors (monitor changes, input to control center)
2. control center(evaluates input and generates output)
3. effector(receives output, produces response)
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What regulates the homeostatic control mechanisms
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Nervous system(action potentials, rapid)
Endocrine system(hormones, slow)
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What are the 2 types of homeostatic control mechanisms
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Negative feedback (reduces output)
Positive feedback (enhances output)
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examples of negative feedback
blood temperature
blood pressure
glucose regulation
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examples of positive feedback (only 2)
child birth
| blood clotting
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What are the 4 body cavities and the structure that separates upper and lower
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cranial cavity
vertebral cavity
thoracic cavity
abdominopelvic cavity (abdominal and pelvic cavity)
-separated by diaphragm
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What are 4 sections / cavities contained in the thoracic cavity
- right pleural cavity (R lung)
- left pleural cavity (L lung)
- pericardial cavity (heart)
- mediastinum (middle of thoracic cavity - usually includes heart)
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What is the visceral layer of serous membrane
covers an organ
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What is the parietal layer of serous membrane
lines a cavity or body wall
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What are the locations of the 3 visceral layers and the 3 perietal layers
- v & p pleura
- v& p pericardium
- v & p peritoneum
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What are the 9 regions of the abdomen
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R hypochondriac
epigastric
L hypochondriac
R lumbar
umbilical
L lumbar
R iliac
hypogastric
L iliac
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What are the 4 quadrants of the abdomen
R upper quadrant
L upper quadrant
R lower quadrant
L lower quadrant
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what is cubital region on body
elbow
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what is auricle or otic region of body
ears
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what is palmer region
hand / palm
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what is pedal region
foot
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what is inguinal region
groin
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how chemistry relates to anatomy and physiology
- body functions depend on cellular functions
- cell funtions result frm chem changes
- biochem helps to explain physiological processes
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what is matter
anything that takes up space and has mass
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what are elements
- composed of chem identical atoms
- bulk elements = required by body in large amnts
- trace elements = required by body in small amnts
- ultratrace elements = required by body in very small amnts
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what are atoms
smallest unit of ordinary matter that forms a chemical element
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what is a proton
large atomic particle in nucleus
| - +charge
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what is a neutron
- no charge
- in nucleus of atom
- similar weight to P+
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what is an electron
- very small atomic particle (almost no weight)
- -charge
- in constant motion around atomic nucleus
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what is an ion
particle with an electric charge because it either gained or lost an electron
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what is a molecule
particle formed by union of or more atoms
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what is atomic #
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# of P+
in elements base form, it will have same # of e- as P+
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What is atomic mass
protons + # neutrons
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what are isotopes
atoms with same atomic # but different weight
| -this means the # of protons and electrons is the same but different number of neutrons
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what are the metals on periodic table
- left side and middle
- tend to become + charged (lose e-)
- tend to be solid at room temp
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What are the non-metals on periodic table
- Right side
- tend to become - charged (gain e- or share)
- tend to be gas at room temp
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What are electron shells and the capacity of the first 3 shells
the regions of space around atoms nucleus where the e- occupy
- 1st shell max 2 e-
- 2nd shell max 8 e-
- 3rd shell max 8 e-
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what is octet rule
- atoms will almost always atempt to achieve the octet rule
| - atoms with more or fewer than 8 e- on outter shell will loose or gain e- to complete the shell
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what is a molecule
particle formed when 2 or more atoms chemically combine (like oxygen gas O2)
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what is a compound
particles formed when 2 or more atoms of different elements chemically combine (ex. CO2)
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What are molecular formulas
they depict elements present and # of each atom present in molecule(H2O, C6H12O6)
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What is Ions use in body
body uses movement of e- and creation of Ions (charged atoms) to complete tasks at cellular level
(ETC, sodium potassium pump, water retention)
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what is a cation
Positively charged ion
| -made when atom loses e-
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what is anion
Negatively charged ion
| -formed when atom gains e-
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the type of bond created to hold the atoms together depends on
- the atomic makeup and charge present
| - depends on the # of e- in the valnce shell (full outer shell = stable)
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What are ionic bonds
- formed when electrons transfer from 1 atom to another atom
| - an attraction between a cation and an anion
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what is a covalent bond
- formed when atoms shre e-
- usually btw 2 non-metals
- most common bond in body
- stronger bond (H2O, CO2,)
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in covalent bonds how many bonds do hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, carbon make
hydrogen form single bond
oxygen 2
nitrogen 3
carbon 4
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what are structural formulas
formulas that show how atoms bond and are arranged in various formulas
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what is a polar molecule
molecule has one end slightly - and other end slightly +
- results when e- are not shared equally in covalent bond
- 1 atom has stronger pull on shared e-
- water is important polar molecule
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What are hydrogen bonds
- a weak attraction btw the + end of 1 polar molecule and the - end of another polar molecule
- formed btw water molecules
- important for protein and nucleic acid structure
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What are chemical reactions
occur when chem bonds form or break among atoms, ions, molecules. based on valence e-
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What are reactants in chem reaction
starting material (atoms, ions, molecules)
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what are products in chem reactions
substances formed at end of reaction
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what are 4 types of chem reactions
1. synthesis reaction A+B -> AB
2. decomposition reaction AB -> A+B
3. exchange reaction AB + CD -> AD + CB
4. reversible reaction A+B -> AB
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what is metabolism
all chem reactions that occur in body cells
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what is catabolism
chem reaction that break down complex compounds into simpler ones and release energy
- ex. Hydrolysis
- end product = CO2, water and other waste products
- more than 1/2 energy released is transferred into ATP
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What is anabolism
chem reactions that join simple molecules together to form more complex molecules
-dehydration synthesis (a water molecule is released )
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What are organic molecules
- contain C or H
- larger than inorganic molecules
- dissolve in water and organic liquids
- carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids
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What are inorganic molecules
- usually do not contain C
- smaller
- usually dissociate in water, forming ions
- water, oxygen, CO2, inorganic salts
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4 main properties of water (inorganic substance)
1. strong polarity
2. high specific heat
3. high heat of vaporization
4. cohesion
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how does body use inorganic substance oxygen
- organelles use it to release energy frm nutrients to drive cell's metabolic activities
- necessary for survival
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how does body use inorganic substance carbon dioxide
- waste products release during metabolic reactions
| - must be removed from body
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how does body use inorganic salts
- abundant in bodily fluid
- sources of necessary ions
- important to metabolism
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what are electrolytes
substances that release ions in water
| ex. NaCl -> Na+ + Cl-
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what are acids
electrolytes that dissociate to release hydrogen ions in water (proton donor)
ex. HCl -> H+ + Cl-
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wat are bases
substances that release ions that can combine with hydrogen ion (proton acceptor)
ex. NaOH -> Na+ + OH-
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what are salts
electrolytes formed by reaction btw acid and a base
| ex. HCl + NaOH -> H2O + NaCl
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what is PH scale
indicates concentration H ions in solution
| scale 0 - 14
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what is PH neutral
PH7
| equal concentration of H+ and OH-
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what is acidic solution
PH greater less than 7
| -more H+
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what are basic solutions or alkaline
PH greater than 7
| -more OH-
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What are the 4 molecules of life
carbohydrates
lipids
proteins
nucleic acids
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What is function and structure of carbohydrates ( sugars)
func: energy, building material/ structure
structure: carbo=carbon hydrate=water
- contains C, H, O (H:O=2:1)
ex. saccharides
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what is condensation
dehydration synthesis
- an OH grp frm 1 mol combines w/ atom frm another
- 2 molecules join covalently and reales water
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what is hydrolysis
a mol splits, then an OH grp and an H atom frm a water mol become attached to sites exposed by the reaction
-two atoms split using water molecule
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what are lipids function and structure
fats, phospholipids,waxes,sterols
func: major energy source, building / structural material used in cell membrane
structure: hydrophobic= does not dissolve in water
- will dissolve in nonpolar substances (ex. lipids)
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what are phospholipids
- made of 1 phosphate mol, 1 glycerol mol, 2 fatty acids
- amphipathic= hydrophillic and hydrophobic
- major part of cell membrane
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what are steroids
- 4 connected rings of carbon
- part of cell membrane
- they are all over body and have diff functions
- synthesize hormones
- cholestrol is a sterol
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what are proteins function and structure
func: energy, hormones, receptors, structural, enzymes, antibodies
structure: made of amino acids (chains of amino acids)
- held together by peptide bonds
- 20 common amino acids that DNA codes for
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What is primary protein structure
chain
| -polypeptide chain of amino acids = portion of protein molecule
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What is secondary protein structure
pleated or coiled
| -polypeptide chain of protein molecule becomes pleated or coiled by H bonds
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What is tertiary protein structure
the pleated and coiled chain of polypeptide molecules fold into a 3D structure
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what is quaternary protein structure
2 or more polypeptide chains connect to form 1 protein molecule
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function of nucleic acids
- encode amino acid sequences of proteins
| - carry genes
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structure of nucleic acids
- made of nucleotides which are made of 3 parts:
- a sugar grp, phophate grp, nitrogen containing base
- the base is how they connect together A+T or G+C
