Directional Terms/Body Planes
Body Parts/Regions
Macromolecules
Chemistry
Chemistry pt. 2
100

The head is _____ to the neck.

What is superior?
100

Name the body region:

What is frontal region?

100

The monomers of proteins.

What are amino acids?

100

The number of protons in an atom's nucleus.

What is the atomic number?

100

A molecule that regulates pH to help maintain homeostasis.

What is a buffer?

200

The arm is ____ to the sternum.

What is lateral?

200

Name this body cavity:

What is the thoracic cavity?

200

The building of larger more complex molecules using atoms or smaller molecules.

What is a synthesis reaction (or anabolic process)?

200

A variation of an element that has the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons.

What is an isotope?

200

The molecule required by our cells to perform work.

What is adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?

300

The ______ splits the body into anterior and posterior.

What is the coronal plane?

300

Name the outer layer of the serous cavity surrounding the heart.

What is the parietal pericardium?

300

Functions: structure, catalyze reactions, muscle contraction, protection, membrane transport

What are proteins?

300

True or false: enzymes speed up chemical reactions and are absorbed in the process.

What is false (enzymes remain unchanged after a reaction)?

300

A bond formed by the unequal sharing of electrons between 2 atoms.

What is a polar covalent bond?

400

The wrist is ____ to the elbow.

What is distal?

400

Name this body region:


What is the sural region?

400

Fat with one or more carbons linked via double bonds.

What is an unsaturated fat?

400

What does a pH of 11 suggest about the concentration of H+ ions in a solution?

What is a low H+ concentration/a high OH- concentration?

400

In RNA, adenine (A) pairs with ____.

What is uracil (U)?

500

The _____ splits the body into left and right halves.

What is the midsagittal plane?

500

Name the abdominopelvic region:

What is hypochondriac region?

500

The build-up of a molecule via the removal of water.

What is dehydration synthesis?

500

A positively charged molecule.

What is a cation?

500

Attractive force between an electronegative atom of one molecule and an electropositive H+ of another molecule. Common among H2O molecules. Weak.

What is a hydrogen bond?

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