Organic Molecules
The most important element in living things.
What is carbon (C)?
The main component of the cell membrane.
What are phospholipids?
What is active transport?
The soft tissue within bone.
What is bone marrow?
The 3 main types of muscle.
What are skeletal, smooth, and cardiac?
What are the 6 most important elements in living things?
The ability of the cell membrane to only let certain materials in and out.
What is selectively permeable (semi-permeable)?
Molecule that provides energy for active transport.
What is ATP?
Where 2 or more bones join together.
What are joints?
Muscle that is not under conscious control.
What is involuntary muscle?
Type of organic molecule used for short term energy.
What are carbohydrates?
Transport that does not require energy.
What is passive transport?
Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane.
What is osmosis?
Elastic tissue that hold bones together at joints.
What are ligaments?
Muscle that attaches to bones and is responsible for locomotion.
What is skeletal muscle?
Monomer of proteins
What are amino acids?
Movement of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
What is diffusion?
What is the diffusion of materials using protein channels?
What is facilitated diffusion?
Flexible tissue at ends of bones that cushions joints.
What is cartilage?
2 main types of protein in muscle fibers.
What are actin and myosin?
The elements found in nucleic acids.
What are C,H,N,O,P?
The movement of large substances INTO the cell using vesicles.
What is endocytosis?
Type of solution with a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell compared to inside.
What is a hypertonic solution?
Membrane covering bone.
What is the periosteum?
Substance that builds up in cells during anaerobic respiration and can lead to muscle fatigue.
What is lactic acid?