Human Elements
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and calcium equal what percent of the elements in the human body?
99%
What is the loss of one or more electrons by one atom and the gain of those electrons by another atom?
Ionic Bond
pH scale (range)
0 to 14
What type of saccharides are glucose, fructose, and galactose?
Monosaccharides
What is a double helix?
What is a single strand?
DNA
RNA
What are two trace elements?
*iron, *copper, *Iodine, *magnesium, *zinc, *cobalt
What is the sharing of electrons between atoms?
Covalent Bond
What is pH neutral?
7
What are sucrose, maltose, and lactose?
Disaccharides
A bond between two amino acids is called a?
peptide bond
What am I? F e
Iron
What is a covalent bond between two sulfur atoms in a protein?
Disulfide Bond
The "normal" range of cellular pH
6.8-7.0
What is "Self" antigens on cell membranes (think breast milk)
Oligosaccharides
What kind of functioning can be disrupted by pH changes, poisons, or heat?
Enzyme function
What am I? C a
Calcium
The attraction of a hydrogen (+) to a nearby oxygen or nitrogen (negative)
hydrogen Bond
What is the function of a buffer system?
Buffer systems prevent sudden and drastic changes in the pH of body fluids.
What are starch, glycogen, cellulose?
Polysaccharides
What is ATP?
What does it do?
Adenosine Triphosphate
One of several "energy transfer" molecules within cells, transferring the potential energy in food molecules to cell processes.
What are we? C, H, O, N, P, S and C a
(Bonus) What do we stand for? K, Cl, and Na
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and calcium
Bonus is Potassium, Chlorine, and Sodium
What bond is from Golden Eye, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, The World is Not Enough, etc.?
James Bond
Increased H+ concentration of a solution is considered what?
A base does what to the H+?
Acidosis
Decreases the H+ concentration
If 3 fatty acid molecules are bonded to a single glycerol it is a what?
What if there are 2 fatty molecules?
What about 1 fatty molecule?
triglyceride
diglyceride
monoglyceride
What is energy production within cells?
Cell respiration
This is energy production within cells and involves both respiratory gases, oxygen and carbon dioxide.