THE HUMAN BODY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS

THE HUMAN BODY IN HEALTH AND ILLNESS

CHAPTER 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND

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AerobicBCatabolismB-BANSWER- ChemicalBreactionsBthatBbreakBdownBcomplexBsubstancesBintoBsimplerBsubstancesBinBtheBprese nceBofBoxygen.

AminoBAcidsB-BANSWER-SmallBnitrogen- containingBorganicBcompounds;BtheBbuildingBblocksBofBprotein.

AmmoniaB-BANSWER- ABnitrogenousBcompound(NH3);BbloodBammoniaBisBconvertedBtoBureaBforBexcretionBbyBtheBkidn eys.

AnabolismB-BANSWER- MetabolicBreactionsBthatBbuildBcomplexBsubstancesBfromBsimplerBsubstances.

AnaerobicBCatabolismB-BANSWER- ChemicalBreactionsBthatBbreakBdownBcomplexBsubstancesBintoBsimplerBsubstancesBwithoutBtheB presenceBofBoxygen.

BaseBPairingB-BANSWER- PairingBofBtheBbasesBofBtheBnucleotide;BadenineBandBthymine(DNA),BguanineBandBcytosine,BandB adenineBandBuracil(RNA).

BaseBSequencingB-BANSWER- SequenceBofBarrangementBofBtheBbasesBinBaBstrandBofBDNABorBRNA;BcarrierBofBtheBgeneticBcode.

CarbohydratesB-BANSWER- OrganicBcompoundsBthatBincludeBsimpleBsugars,Bstarches,BandBglycogen;BprimaryBsourceBofBene rgy.

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CatabolismB-BANSWER- MetabolicBbreakdownBofBcomplexBmoleculesBintoBsimplerBmolecules;BtheBbreakdownBisBaccom paniedBbyBtheBreleaseBofBenergy.

CholesterolB-BANSWER- ABlipidBandBmostBabundantBsteroidBinBtheBbody;BusedBstructurallyBinBplasmaBmembranesBandBinBt heBsynthesisBofBsteroidBhormonesBandBbileBsalts.

DeoxyribonucleicBAcidB(DNA)B-BANSWER- NucleotideBthatBstoresBtheBgeneticBinformationBofBtheBorganism.

DisaccharidesB-BANSWER-DoubleBsugars;Bsucrose,Bmaltose,Blactose

FattyBAcidsB-BANSWER- AnBorganicBacidBespeciallyBthoseBfoundBinBfatsBandBoils;BbuildingBblocksBofBfats.

GeneticBCodeB-BANSWER- TheBsetBofBDNABandBRNABsequencesBthatBdetermineBtheBassemblyBofBaminoBacidsBinBtheBsynthes isBofBprotein;BbiochemicalBbasisBofBheredity.

GluconeogenisisB-BANSWER- BiochemicalBprocessBthatBmakesBglucoseBfromBnonglucoseBsubstances,BespeciallyBprotein.

GlucoseB-BANSWER- ABmonosaccharide,BorBsimpleBsugar,BthatBservesBasBtheBprincipleBfuelBforBtheBcellsBofBtheBbody.

GlycerolB-BANSWER-AnBalcoholBthatBisBaBstructuralBcomponentBofBbiologicalBlipids.

GlycogenB-BANSWER- PolysaccharideBthatBisBtheBstorageBformBofBGlucose;BalsoBcalledBanimalBstarch.

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