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| 7533354584 | Monomers | A chemical subunit that serves as a building block of a polymer/ large biological molecules. | 0 | |
| 7533354585 | protons and neutrons | Found in an atoms nucleus. | 1 | |
| 7533354586 | Bases | Substances that can accept hydrogen ions | 2 | |
| 7533354587 | Lipid | Type of molecule that is not soluble in polar solvents such as water but will dissolve in nonpolar solvents, with examples such as triglycerides and cholesterol. | 3 | |
| 7533354588 | atomic number | The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom | 4 | |
| 7533354589 | Atomic mass | The weighted average of the masses of the isotopes of an element | 5 | |
| 7533354590 | Acids | Substances that dissociate in water and release hydrogen ions | 6 | |
| 7533354591 | Proteins | Organic molecules that perform many functions for living things and are made up of amino acid monomers | 7 | |
| 7533354592 | Osmolarity | concentration of particles in a solution, or a solution's pulling power | 8 | |
| 7533354593 | Tonicity | the ability of a surrounding solution to cause a cell to gain or lose water | 9 | |
| 7533354594 | Hypotonic solution | Solute concentration is less than that inside the cell; cell gains water | 10 | |
| 7533354595 | Hypertonic | when comparing two solutions, the solution with the greater concentration of solutes | 11 | |
| 7533354596 | isotonic solution | a solution whose solute concentration is equal to the solute concentration inside a cell | 12 | |
| 7533693298 | Inductive method | What we know of anatomy | 13 | |
| 7533693299 | Law of nature | Generalization about the predictable way in which matter and energy behave | 14 | |
| 7533693300 | Tissue | An aggregation of cells and extra cellular materials which preform a discrete function | 15 | |
| 7533693301 | Hypothetico-deductive method | Formulating a hypothesis in a form that could be falsified by a test on observable data. Most physiological knowledge gained by this method. | 16 | |
| 7533820579 | Macromolecules | A very large organic molecule composed of many smaller molecules | 17 | |
| 7533820580 | Triglycerides | glycerol + 3 fatty acids | 18 | |
| 7533820581 | glycolipids | Membrane carbohydrates that are covalently bonded to lipids. A phospholipid with a carbohydrate bonded to it. It can be found in the plasma membranes of cells. | 19 | |
| 7533820582 | Glycogen | Energy storage polysaccharide made by cells in the liver, muscles, brain, uterus | 20 | |
| 7533820583 | Enzyme | 21 | ||
| 7533912790 | active site | The substrate binding site of an enzyme. | 22 | |
| 7537762865 | anabolism | take simple molecules and make them into more complex. (building up) | 23 | |
| 7537773948 | Catabolism | Breaking down of molecules | 24 | |
| 7537810345 | homeostasis | ability to detect change, activate mechanisms that oppose it, maintain stable internal environment. Loss of this cause disease or death | 25 | |
| 7537855596 | Negative feedback | allows for dynamic equilibrium within a limited range around a set point. | 26 | |
| 7537887577 | receptor | stimuli; senses the change in the body. | 27 | |
| 7537890609 | Control center | processes and makes a decision regarding the change. | 28 | |
| 7537904020 | Effector | cell or organ that carries out final correction action which could either reduce the stimulus, or enhance the stimulus. | 29 | |
| 7537944110 | Positive feedback | the effector of a process bolsters the stimulus, which increases the production of the product. | 30 | |
| 7538372536 | Ionic bond | transfer electrons. Gain or lose. | 31 | |
| 7538382808 | Covalent bonds | sharing of electrons | 32 | |
| 7538409783 | non-polar bond | electrons are shared equally...strongest bond | 33 | |
| 7538413652 | polar bond | electrons shared unequally... spend more time near oxygen) | 34 | |
| 7538637156 | adhesion | adhere to other substances to reduce friction | 35 | |
| 7538640164 | cohesion | when water molecules cling to each other. | 36 | |
| 7538671435 | hydrolysis | breaking something down...large molecules into smaller ones. | 37 | |
| 7538674750 | Dehydration synthesis | joining of 2 + molecules to form a larger molecule | 38 | |
| 7538644328 | chemical reactivity | ability to participate in chemical reactions | 39 | |
| 7538845497 | oxidation | a chemical reaction in which a molecule gives up electrons and releases energy. | 40 | |
| 7538881084 | reduction | a chemical reaction in which molecules gain electrons and energy | 41 | |
| 7538933730 | Organic Chemistry | the study of compounds containing carbon | 42 | |
| 7538951922 | Macromolecules | Large organic molecules with high molecular weight. | 43 | |
| 7538957200 | Polymer | macromolecules made of a repetitive | 44 | |
| 7539336951 | Monomers | a molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer... also called nucleotides | 45 | |
| 7539528153 | Monosaccharides | "simple sugars"; glucose, galactose, fructose | 46 | |
| 7539545010 | Disaccharides | sucrose, lactose, maltose | 47 | |
| 7539556258 | Polysaccharides | Glycogen; stored in the liver and skeletal muscle; starch- energy storage in plants | 48 | |
| 7539632876 | Triglycerides | Three fatty acids linked to glycerol; formed by dehydration synthesis; broken down by hydrolysis | 49 | |
| 7539782546 | peptide bonds | joints amino acids by dehydration synthesis | 50 | |
| 7539897919 | Primary Structure | sequence of amino acids | 51 | |
| 7539911054 | Secondary Structure | Coiled, held together by hydrogen bonds | 52 | |
| 7539914781 | Tertiary Structure | 3d shape due to hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions | 53 | |
| 7539929339 | Quaternary Structure | hemoglobin...2 chains of protein linked together. | 54 | |
| 7539953633 | Enzymes | proteins that function as biological catalysts | 55 |
