Elements in Organic Compounds

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Elements in Organic Compounds
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From yesterday What is an organic compound?

• Naturally occurring (animal or plant-produced or
  synthetic) substances containing mainly carbon,
  hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.
• The compounds in living things are carbohydrates,
  lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids

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Elements of Life

• All living things are made up of just a few
  elements.
• For example, all living things have a great deal
  of water. Oxygen and hydrogen make water. So they
  are important elements.
• Other important elements include carbon and
  nitrogen.

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92 of the human body is composed of 3 elements
carbon, hydrogen oxygen
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Oxygen

• Oxygen is necessary for respiration. You will
  find this element in the lungs, since about 20
  of the air you breathe is oxygen.

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Carbon

• Carbon is found in every organic molecule in the
  body.
• Carbon is ingested in food that is eaten and
  breathed in as a component of air. It is found in
  the lungs as a waste
  product of respiration,
  carbon dioxide.
• All life is carbon-based.

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Hydrogen

• Hydrogen is a component of the water molecules in
  the body, as well as most other compounds.

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Nitrogen

• Nitrogen is a component of proteins, nucleic
  acids, and other organic compounds.
• Nitrogen gas is found in the lungs, since most of
  the air you breathe consists of this element.

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Phosphorus

• Phosphorus is found in the nucleus of every cell.
  
• Phosphorus is part of nucleic acids, energy
  compounds, and phosphate buffers. The element is
  incorporated into the bones, combines with other
  elements including iron, potassium, sodium,
  magnesium and calcium.

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Sulfur

• Sulfur is a component of many amino acids and
  proteins.

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