Chemical Foundations
The name given to the sharing of electrons between two molecules.
What is a chemical bond?
A single macromolecule.
What is a monomer?
Houses the DNA in Eukaryotes.
What is the nucleus?
What is phospholipids?
The molecule used for cell signaling.
What is ligand?
The ability of a molecule to react with something else.
What is chemical reactivity?
To break down by adding water.
What is Hydrolysis?
Surrounds the cytoplasm.
What is the plasma membrane?
The molecule that allows for fluidity of the membrane.
What is cholesterol?
The signal pathway for long distance communication.
What is endocrine?
The outmost shell of an atom.
What is a valence shell?
The model structure of DNA.
What is a double helix?
A tunnel between adjacent cells.
What is gap junctions?
The movement of molecules by energy.
What is active transport?
A cell signaling itself.
What is autocrine?
A water loving molecule.
What is hydrophilic?
The three types of RNA.
What is mRNA, tRNA, rRNA?
Modifies proteins and synthesizes lipids.
What is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
The movement of water without energy.
What is osmosis?
A signal sent to a nearby cell.
What is paracrine?
Atoms have two inner electrons, and eight in every ring thereafter.
What is the octet rule?
Molecule to speed up chemical reactions.
What is enzymes?
Energy filled molecule made by the mitochondria.
What is ATP?
The name for proteins used to move molecules.
Sending a signal through a cell tunnel.
What is gap junction or direct signaling?