CATIONS: Ca(2+): How is calcium important to living organisms?
Bone, teeth and cartilage rigidity; crustacean exoskeleton; blood clotting; muscle contraction; activator for several enzymes; muscle contraction; transmission of nerve impulses; regulates cell membrane permeability; plant cell wall development
3 of 13
CATIONS: Na(+): How is sodium important to living organisms?
Osmotic pressure regulation; maintenance of pH; control of water levels; carbohydrate absorption in intestine; water absorption in kidneys; nervous transmission; muscle contraction; constituent of plant vacuoles.
4 of 13
CATIONS: (K+): How is potassium important to living organisms?
Water level controls; pH maintenance; assists active transport; synthesis of glycogen and proteins; breaks down glucose; generates healthy leaves and and flowers; nervous transmission; muscle contraction; component of vacuole.
5 of 13
CATIONS: H(+): How is hydrogen important in living organisms?
Involved in photosynthesis; respiration; oxygen and CO2 transport; blood pH regulation.
6 of 13
CATIONS: NH4(+): How is Ammonium important in living organisms?
Component of amino acids, proteins, vitamins, chlorophyll, nucleic acids, protein hormones; pH maintenance; component of nitrogen cycle.
7 of 13
ANIONS: NO3(-) : How is nitrate important in living organisms?
Component of nucleic acids, amino acids, proteins (and protein hormones), vitamins, chlorophyll, the nitrogen cycle.
8 of 13
ANIONS: HCO3(-) : How is hydrogencarbonate important in living organisms?
Regulation of blood pH; transport of CO2 in and out of blood.
9 of 13
ANIONS: Cl(-) : How is chloride important in living organisms?
Urine production in kidneys; water balance maintenance; transport of CO2 in and out of blood; Regulates oxygen affinity in haemoglobin; regulation of blood pH; used in stomach hydrochloric acid production.
10 of 13
ANIONS: PO4(3-) : How is phosphate important in living organisms?
Bone, teeth and cartilage rigidity; components of crustacean exoskeleton, phospholipids, ATP, nucelic acids and several important enzymes; blood pH regulation; plant root growth.
11 of 13
ANIONS: OH(-) : How is hydroxide important in living organisms?
Blood pH regulation.
12 of 13
What causes plants and animals to display deficiency symptoms?
Not consuming enough of a particular ion.
13 of 13
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What are anions?
Back
Negative ions.
Card 3
Front
CATIONS: Ca(2+): How is calcium important to living organisms?
Back
Card 4
Front
CATIONS: Na(+): How is sodium important to living organisms?
Back
Card 5
Front
CATIONS: (K+): How is potassium important to living organisms?
Comments
No comments have yet been made