NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
HUMAN ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY
Question
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Polysaccharide
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Disaccharide
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Monosaccharide
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Polypeptide
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is a Polysaccharide? Polysaccharide is a long chain of carbohydrates whose molecules consist of numerous sugar molecules bonded together by glycosidic linkages. Polysaccharide examples: Starch, Cellulose or Glycogen are polysaccharides Carbohydrates.
Detailed explanation-2: -Complex carbohydrates. Complex carbohydrates are also called polysaccharides, because they contain many sugars.
Detailed explanation-3: -Glycogen is a polysaccharide that consists entirely of glucose molecules that are linked by two types of bonds-the alpha-1, 4-glycosidic bond and the alpha-1, 6-glycosidic bond. The alpha-1, 4-glycosidic bond is the more common bond and it gives glycogen a helical structure that is suitable for energy storage.
Detailed explanation-4: -Starch is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds.