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Sodium Chloride
Potassium & Iodine
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Organic Molecules - Carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
• _________ sugars (one molecule)
• simplest
• *glucose, fructose
Disaccharides
• ________ sugars
• combination of two monosaccharides
• *_________ = glucose + fructose
• *_________ = glucose + galactose
Polysaccharides
• ____________ composed of several sugars
• can be same monomer (many of same monosaccharide) or mixture of monomers
• _____________ carbohydrates: glycogen (animals) starch (plants)
Hydrophobic…insoluble in water.
non-polar covalent bonds linking carbon & hydrogen aren’t attracted to the polar
bonds of water.
Images:
Phospholipid bilayer, BensAccountWiki
BeeWithHoneycomb : www.agr.state.il.us/.../bee_with_honeycomb.jpg
Organic Molecules – Lipids
(Fats, Phospholipids, Waxes & Steroids)
Fats
Fats and oils are made from
two kinds of molecules:
• ____________
(a type of alcohol)
• _____________
(triglycerides)
Organic Molecules – Lipids
(Fats, Phospholipids, Waxes & Steroids)
Saturated fats
• Mostly from animal sources
Image:
biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio104/lipids.htm
Organic Molecules – Lipids
(Fats, Phospholipids, Waxes & Steroids)
Phospholipids
• Hydrocarbon tails ___________, but
phosphate group end are
_____________.
Images:
Phospholipid Bilayer: BensAccount Wiki
Steroids
• The central core of a cholesterol
molecule (4 fused rings) is shared by all
steroids,
Images:
Lansterol : Mysid Wiki
Lipid Bylayer Cholesterol: cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/membrane_intro.htm
FLUID MOSAIC MODEL OF THE
CELL MEMBRANE