What is the difference between monosaccharide, disaccharide, and polysaccharide?
Mono- one sugar, Dia - two sugars, Poly- many sugars
Purposes of proteins in the body:
Builds/maintains body tissue, regulates growth and digestion, Amino Acids (found in protein help send messages from the brain.
Difference between DNA and RNA
DNA: T-base, double stranded, RNA: U-base, single stranded.
Explain how nucleic acids are the most important macromolecule to life.
Nucleic acids, found in cells, are used to create/dismantle every other macromolecule in our body. Nucleic acids are like the boss of our body and decides how things are run.
Details about enzymes
Reduce the activation energy required to do al chemical reactions (making them faster), Type of protein
What happens when you gargle salt water:
the salt in the salt water goes into the swollen tissue of your throat and washes out the water in the tissue using osmosis. When you spit, you get rid of some of the water found in your tissue therefore reducing swelling.
Function of the kidney:
keeps waste out of blood
How do kidneys relate to transport in the body
clears out the blood streams/ also ion channels
Hemodialysis:
Blood is pumped out of the body into an IV, wastes are filtered out across semipermieable tube while clean blood remains in tube and goes back into body.
