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Polysaccharides
complex carbs made up of simple carbs (sugars)
Disaccharides
double sugars
monosaccharides
single sugars (3-7 in a chain or ring)
sugars
simple carbs
carbohydrates
provide energy, supply materials to build cell structures, and store as reserve energy supplies
electrolyte balance
maintaining homeostasis both inside and outside cell (electrolyte levels)
inorganic salts
important to body functions and abundant in body fluids. helps in homeostasis
inorganic
anything not containing carbon or hydrogen
organic
compounds with carbon and hydrogen
carbonic acid dissociation formula
CO2 + H20 >< H2CO3 ><H+ + HCO3-
buffers
chemicals that resist pH change. they donate or take hydrogen ions
acidosis
(0-6) when H+ concentration increases and solution becomes more acidic. pH also goes down.
alkalosis
(8 or more) when OH- concentration increases and solution becomes more basic. pH goes up
pH scale
shorthand for the hydrogen ion concentration used to indicate acidic or alkaline condition(0-14)
salts
water and electrolyts from bases. reacting to acids and becoming neutralized
bases
substances that combine with hydrogen ions
acids
electrolytes that release hydrogen ions in water
electrolytes
substances that release ions in water
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it14spr101.40CC2T789
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Chapter 2 Topics 7-9
Updated
1/20/2014, 9:54:28 PM
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