Chemistry 12

At this moment, you are walking, sitting, or standing in an “organic” body. Your skin, hair, muscles, heart, and lungs are all made from organic compounds. In fact, the only parts of your body that are not mostly organic are your teeth and bones! When you study organic chemistry, you are studying the substances that make up your body and much of the world around you. Medicines, clothing, carpets, curtains, and wood and  plastic furniture are all manufactured
from organic chemicals. If you look out a window, the grass, trees, squirrels, and insects you may see are also composed of organic compounds. Are you having a sandwich for  lunch? Bread, butter, meat, and lettuce are made from organic compounds. Will you have dessert? Sugar, flour, vanilla, and chocolate are also organic. What about a drink? Milk and juice are solutions of water in which organic compounds are dissolved