Give Me the Chemistry
this number describes the number of protons available in an element
what is the Atomic Number
This organ is the site of gas exchange in the body
what are the alveoli?
This organ carries oxygen and nutrients throughout the body to each cell
What is the blood?
This organ has a pH of 1 and is the site of both chemical and mechanical digestion
What is the stomach?
This organelle is known for its role in producing energy for the body
what is the mitochondria?
this describes the outer electron shell
what are valence electrons?
This process describes the natural movement of molecules
What is diffusion
This type of protein has an affinity for oxygen in high concentrations
What is hemeglobin
This ezyme is breaks down sucrose molecules
what is sucrase?
This process describes the breakdown of Carbohydrates into pyruvates
What is glycolysis?
this describes a molecule that is attracted to water
what is hydrophilic (polar)?
This organ is a bone that air passes through to the lungs
what is the trachea
This artery sends deoxygenated blood to the lungs
What is the pulmonary artery?
These organs increase the surface area of the small intestine
what are the microvilli?
This molecule is known as the Final Electron Acceptor to the Electron Transport Chain
What is Oxygen?
This describes the gravity a nucleus has on electrons
What is electronegativity
this muscle pulls the lungs to allow negative pressure to force air to flood into the lungs
what is the diaphram
what is the left atrium?
This enzyme has an optimal pH of 7.9 and Hydrolyzes small polypeptides to amino acids
What is Trypsin
This process is a series of enzymatic reactions that transfer energy from pyruvates to the electrons of NADH and FADH2
What is the Kreb's Cycle (Citric Acid)?
This describes the concentration of hydrogen ions in a given space
What is pH?
this disease is the result of extra mucus in the bronchial tubes
what is asthma
This tissue comprises the liquid part of the blood
what is the plasma?
This organ is responsible the sight of osmosis and water absorption in the body
What is the large intestine
These molecules are known as high energy electron carriers
What are NADH and FADH2