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Anatomy
Week 1-5
Question | Answer |
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What term is used to describe all of the chemical reactions that occur in body cells? | Metabolism |
Acids, bases, and salts belong to a large group of compounds called___ | Electrolytes |
Which subatomic particles carry a charge? | Protons and Electrons |
Acids release _____ | hydrogen ions |
The most abundant element essential to life is | Carbon |
A molecule that is polar | 1. Can form a hydrogen bond 2. must be ionic |
As a result of which reaction during catabnlosim is a water molecule added to break a larger compund into smaller subunits? | Hydrolisis |
Ionic bonds are chemical bonds formed by the___ | transfer of electrons from one to another |
Th reaction between hydrogen and oxygen needed to form water is an example of a_____ | synthesis reaction |
Which type of junction is formed when membrane channels of adjacent plasma membranes adhere to each other? | Gap junction |
Which organelle is characteriszed by folded membranes called cristae? | Mitochondria |
Which organelle has both a CIS and a TRANS face? | Golgi Apparatus |
What are the orgnelles that float in the cytoplasm and attach to the endoplasmic reticulum? | Ribosomes |
What is a major function of the cell membrane? | Controls what enters and leaves the cell |
The outer boundary of a human cell is called the____ | Plasma membrane |
Which organelle is primarily a sac of powerful digestive enzymes called acid hydrolases? | Lysosome |
The process of the digestion of food is an example of which type of reaction? | Decomposition |
Which of the following elements is least likely to combine with another element? | Helium |
AB+ CD --->AD + CB is an example of what type of reaction? | Exchange |
A negatively charged subatomic particle that moves around the nuclei is an____ | Electron |
The most abundadnt and important compound in the body is___ | Water |
Substances that accept hydrogen ions are called | Bases |