Table Of Contents:
What’s included: Ready-to-study summaries of a broad range of cellular physiology and biochemical topics,
presented in succinct, intuitive and richly illustrated downloadable PDF documents. Once downloaded, you may
choose to either print and bind them, or make annotations digitally on your iPad or tablet PC.
Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry Topics:
- 5 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE BODY
- MOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE:
o CARBOHYDRATES:
o LIPIDS / FATS:
o PROTEINS
o NUCLEIC ACIDS
- CELL STRUCTURE:
- CELL MEMBRANE & TRANSPORT
- CELLULAR METABOLISM
o CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
o THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE (TCA) / ‘KREBS CYCLE’:
o ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAINS / OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION:
o AMINO ACID METABOLISM & THE UREA CYCLE
o THE UREA CYCLE:
o FATTY ACID METABOLISM
- CELLULAR SIGNALLING
- THE ‘CELL CYCLE’ & CELLULAR REPLICATION
- REGULATION OF CELL FATE
- CANCER, CELL DEATH & CELLULAR AGEING
- EPITHELIAL TISSUES (MEMBRANES & GLANDS)
- CONNECTIVE TISSUE:
- MUSCLE TISSUE:
- NERVOUS TISSUE
- MEMBRANE POTENTIAL & EXCITABLE TISSUES
- TISSUE INJURY & CELLULAR ADAPTATIONS
- MICROBIAL DIVERSITY
,5 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE BODY
, 5 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE BODY:
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, 1: The Chemical Level:
- All matter is made up of atoms & molecules
- 4 Biological Elements account for 96% of living matter:
o Carbon
o Oxygen
o Hydrogen
o Nitrogen
- These 4 elements combine to form the 4 major Macromolecules of life:
o Proteins
o Carbohydrates
o Fats
o Nucleic Acids
CNX OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
What’s included: Ready-to-study summaries of a broad range of cellular physiology and biochemical topics,
presented in succinct, intuitive and richly illustrated downloadable PDF documents. Once downloaded, you may
choose to either print and bind them, or make annotations digitally on your iPad or tablet PC.
Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry Topics:
- 5 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE BODY
- MOLECULAR BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE:
o CARBOHYDRATES:
o LIPIDS / FATS:
o PROTEINS
o NUCLEIC ACIDS
- CELL STRUCTURE:
- CELL MEMBRANE & TRANSPORT
- CELLULAR METABOLISM
o CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM
o THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE (TCA) / ‘KREBS CYCLE’:
o ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAINS / OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION:
o AMINO ACID METABOLISM & THE UREA CYCLE
o THE UREA CYCLE:
o FATTY ACID METABOLISM
- CELLULAR SIGNALLING
- THE ‘CELL CYCLE’ & CELLULAR REPLICATION
- REGULATION OF CELL FATE
- CANCER, CELL DEATH & CELLULAR AGEING
- EPITHELIAL TISSUES (MEMBRANES & GLANDS)
- CONNECTIVE TISSUE:
- MUSCLE TISSUE:
- NERVOUS TISSUE
- MEMBRANE POTENTIAL & EXCITABLE TISSUES
- TISSUE INJURY & CELLULAR ADAPTATIONS
- MICROBIAL DIVERSITY
,5 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE BODY
, 5 LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE BODY:
CNX OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
, 1: The Chemical Level:
- All matter is made up of atoms & molecules
- 4 Biological Elements account for 96% of living matter:
o Carbon
o Oxygen
o Hydrogen
o Nitrogen
- These 4 elements combine to form the 4 major Macromolecules of life:
o Proteins
o Carbohydrates
o Fats
o Nucleic Acids
CNX OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
