Page 12 - Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 3rd Edition

9 Define organic Organic compounds, contain the element Carbon
and inorganic Inorganic compounds, they don’t have the element carbon
compound

10 Most abundant Water
inorganic
compound

11 Organic Carbohydrates. Compounds of the elements carbon ( C )
compounds Hydrogen ( H ) and Oxygen ( O ) . They are divided in
three groups:
a) Monosaccarides (one sugar) GLUCOSE
b) Disaccariodes (two sugars) SUCROSE
c) Polysaccarides ( more that two sugars)
CELLULOSE
Glucose
I.- Main source of energy
11 Very Important organic compuond