1. Biochemistry: Essentials for Life
Organic compounds
Inorganic compounds

2. Important Inorganic Compounds
Water…….IS AMAZING!
Most abundant inorganic compound
Vital properties (why is it amazing?)

3. Journal
Based on lecture and AMAZING demos why is water found in such high amounts in the body? (Be sure to relate the chemistry of water to your examples)

4. Important Inorganic Compounds
Salts (mostly Ca and P)

5. Indicator Lab

6. Important Inorganic Compounds
Acids
Bases
Neutralization Reaction

7. pH Scaled by increasing concentration of hydrogen ions (H+) (10x’s)
Blood lab
Figure 2.11

8. Buffers:
Carbonic Acid-Bicarbonate Buffer

9. Quick Write Difference between organic and inorganic?
Examples of inorganic substances and the role they have in the human body.

10. Important Organic Compounds
Carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Disaccharides
Polysaccharides

11. Important Organic Compounds
Proteins

12. Proteins Account for over half of the body’s organic matter Functions:
Fibrous (structural) – collagen, keratin
Globular (communication) – antibodies, hormones
Catalysts – Enzymes
Membrane Transport – protein channels

13. Important Organic Compounds
Lipids

14. Common Lipids in Body
Plasma membrane/phospholipids
Fatty Acids

15. Lipids Lipids Cont’d Eicosanoid Steroids Triglycerides (Neutral Fats)
(prostaglandin)
Steroids
Triglycerides (Neutral Fats)
Lipids
Figure 2.14c

16. Important Organic Compounds
Nucleic Acids
Chains of nucleotides
Form DNA and RNA

17. Nucleic Acids Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Figure 2.18c

18. Important Organic Compounds
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

19. Simplified ATP Use Energy used to make ATP
Energy given off for cellular activities

20. How ATP Drives Cellular Work
Figure 2.20

21. Quick Write
Name the 5 Organic compounds and an example of them in the body: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.