RESPIRATION

 RESPIRATION IS AN IMPOTANT LIVING PROCESS CARRIED OUT BY ALL LVING ORGANISMS.

 RESPIRATION CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO STAGES EXTERNAL RESPIRATION
INTERNAL RESPIRATION
 THIS PROCESS INVOLVES THE OXIDATION OF ORGANIC MOLECULES TO RELEASE THE
CHEMICAL ENERGY STORED WITHIN THESE MOLECULES.
 THE MAIN SUBSTRATE FOR CELLULAR RESPIRATION IS GLUCOSE.
 CELLULAR RESPIRATION AEROBIC RESPIRATION (REQURES OXGEN)
ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION (DOES NOT REQUIRE OXYGEN)

EXCRETION OF
WASTE
PRODUCTS

SYNTHESIS OF
LIPIDS, ENERGY IS
MUSCLE
HORMONES, REQUIRED CONTRACTION
PROTEINS
AND ENZYMES
FOR:

ABSORPTION
OF DIGESTED
FOOD

ENERGY PRODUCTION IN AEROBIC PRODUCTION (MITHOCHONDRIA)

 GLUCOSE MOLECULES ARE OXIDISED BY OXYGEN TO RELEASE ENERGY.

GLUCOSE + OXYGEN CARBONDIOXIDE + WATER + ENERGY
 ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE ENERGY IS USED TO MAINTAIN THE BODY TEMPERATURE. A
LARGER PORTION OF ENERGY IS TO PRODUCE ATP FROM ADP AND INORGANIC PHOSPATE.
ADP + PHOSPHATE + ENERGY ATP
 EACH ATP MOLECULES CONSISTS OF THREE PHOSPHATE GROUPS AND THE PHOSPHATE
BONDS CAN BE EASILY BROKE DOWN TO RELEASE ENERGY.

HOW ANAEROBIC RESPIRATION OCCURS IN HUMAN MUSCLES?

 DURING VIGOROUS EXERCISE, SUCH AS RUNNING A RACE, THE MUCLES INITIALLY RESPIRE
AEROBICALLY.
 HOWEVER, THE MUSCLE SOON USE UP ALL THE AVAILABLE OXYGEN.
 INCREASE BREATHING RATE AND HEARTBEAT RATE, THE BLOOD CANNOT SUPPLY OXYGEN
FAST ENOUGH TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS.
 THE RATE AT WHICH OXYGEN IS USED BY THE MUSCLES EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN
SUPPLY BY THE BLOOD.
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