Biochemical

Processes
Biochemical Processes
= the chemical processes that
occur in living organism
involving biomolecules.

Four Main Classes of

molecules in biochemistry
are carbohydrates lipids
proteins and nucleic acid.
 DIFFUSION
=movement of substance from an area of a
high concentration to an area of low
concentration
=happens in liquid and gases because they're
particle moves randomly from place to place

=important process for living things it is

how substance move in and out of the
cell
Factors affecting diffusion
1.Distance
2. Temperature
3. Characteristics of solvent
4. Characteristics of substance
travelling
5.Characteristic of Barriers.
Diffusion is very important in the
body for the movement of
substances the movement of oxygen
from the air into the blood and
carbon dioxide out of the blood into
the air in the lungs, or the
movement of glucose from
the blood to the cells.
 OSMOSIS
Osmosis can be defined as a
spontaneous movement of
solvent molecules through a
semi-permeable membrane
from a lower concentration
solution to a higher
concentration solution
Osmosis plays an important role in
the human body, especially in the
gastro-intestinal system and the
kidneys

Osmosis helps you get nutrients out

of food. It also gets waste products
out of your blood.
 DIALYSIS
separation of suspended colliding
particles from the sold ion or
molecule of small dimension
crystalloids by means of the year
andy cole rate of diffusion through
the pores of semi permeable
membranes
When your kidneys fail, dialysis keeps your
body in balance by:
Removing waste, salt and extra water to
prevent them from building up in the body.

keeping a safe level of certain chemicals in

your blood, such as potassium, sodium and
bicarbonate.

Helping to control blood pressure.

 Surface Tension
Water Molecules

Property allowing liquid to

resist external force.
Water molecules is a
bonding together because
of hydrogen is one
molecule can buy to
another oxygen called
hydrogen bond
 Adhesion and Cohesion
The adhesion and cohesion forces both
vary in their strengths for example if
cohesion forces between the water
molecules are stronger than that of
the adhesion forces between them
then the individual molecule will
attract towards each other thus
resulting in settling.
The surface tension measurement
combined with routine lab tests may
be a novel non-invasive method which
can not only facilitate the discovery of
diagnostic models for various diseases
and its severity, but also be a useful
tool for monitoring treatment efficacy.
FERMENTATION
FERMENTATION is the primary means of
producing adenosine triphosphate atp by
delegation of organic nutrients and
aerobic

FERMENTATION is a metabolic processes

that produces chemical changes in organic
substrates through the action of enzymes
Way to be able to handle oxygen issue it
allows the glycolysis to happen without
oxygen to form atp

Making atp week without oxygen

What happen when there is no oxygen but

they still need to produce atp
bacteria
archaea
Yeats
muscle cells for a while
 Absorption and Adsorption

Absorption is a passage of substance into

or through the bulk of another medium

Adsorption is adhesion of sticking

together of molecules of a gas liquid or
dissolved solid to a surface of a solid or
sometimes liquid