Principles and Practice of Radiation Therapy Chapter 4 Overview of Radiobiology Copyright © 2010 by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.
Lipids, Nucleic Acids & Proteins the ‘other’ fuel sources.
What Makes up Living Things? What makes up Water? What makes up Carbon Dioxide, Oxygen, etc.
The Chemical Building Blocks of Life. Outline: The Chemical Building Blocks of Life 1.Chemistry of Carbon 2.Polymers & Monomers 3.Biologically Important.
Chemical Basis of Life. Outline: The Chemical Basis of Life 1.Chemistry of Carbon 2.Polymers & Monomers 3.Biologically Important Compounds Carbohydrates.
The structure and function of large biological molecules.
C HEMISTRY OF C ELLS. O BJECTIVES 1. Describe the distinguishing characteristics of carbohydrates 2. Describe the important biological functions of polysaccharides.
“Do Now” “W” of KWL What do you WANT to know about organic molecules and carbohydrates? –5–5–5–5 things (with partner) 5.1 Carbon is the main ingredient.
Organic Compounds The BIG Four Before we talk about the “Big 4”, let’s define a few terms… Macro Macro Polymer Polymer Monomer Monomer.
The Nature of Molecules Chapter 2. 2 Properties of Water Water is a key inorganic molecule, involved in biological processes for several reasons: 1. Water.
Biomolecules The Molecules of Life. All Organic Compounds (Biomolecules) contain the element Carbon! The Chemistry of Carbon Organic chemistry is the.
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