Justin Ace Mallorca 11/12/2021

Stage 1: DIGESTION
The process of digestion changes
large, complex molecules into
relatively small, simpler one’s.
 Ingested Food

Fat Carbohydrates

Stage 2: Acetyl Group Formation s

Small molecules from digestion

Fatt G
are degraded to still smaller units, y
Glycerol
l
primarily the two-carbon acetyl Acid u
c
s
group that becomes part of acetyl o
s
CoA. e
a
n
d
O
t
Stage 3: Citric Acid Cycle h
e
Acetyl CoA is oxidized to produce r
s
CO2 and reduced coenzymes u
(NADH, FADH2) in the citric acid g
a
cycle. rs

Stage 4: Electron Transport Chain and

Oxidative Phosphorylation
NADH and FADH2 facilitate ATP
production through the electron
transport chain and oxidative
Phosphorylation.