What is ATP and when is energy released from it?

Answer 1

Your muscles take in a source of energy and they use it to generate force. Your muscles are biochemical motors, and they use a chemical called adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for their energy source. During the process of "burning" ATP, your muscles require more oxygen (O2) to turn into "fuel" which in turn makes carbon dioxide (Co2). During exercise, metabolic activities are increased and as a result more oxygen is required and more CO2 is produced. As exercise gets harder or faster, rapid breathing gets more O2 into the blood stream and the excretion of CO2 increases because the body cannot use Co2 for any bodily functions. Blood circulation is also increased during exercise, which also increase the heart rate. The heart rate increases because oxygen is carried on red blood cells, which are carried in the blood stream, so to get the red blood cells, and there for the oxygen, to the muscles the heart needs to beat faster. Your skeleton responds by growing bigger bones. That gives the bones more strength and lets it with stand more pressure. The hyaline chief of the cartilage responds by going through a thickening process, that process automatically increases the protection of the joint interface. It also increases the synovial capitals strength. The response to the bone growth provides additional protection for the joints against the results of activity movements and pressure on them. The response is also useful because in later life it can reduce wear, tear and reduce the possibility of Arthritis. The joint is improved by the ligament's strength and flexibility meaning that the joint can with stand more strength without dislocating. When muscle spindles are stretched the nerve impulses are made and information relative to the degree of stretch is sent to the nervous system. It then sends the messages back concerning how many motor units should be contracted in order to have a smooth movement. When your body is used to steady state exercise the more efficient your muscles spindles become at transmitting information, and the more pliable muscles become

Answer 2

ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) is converted to ADP (Adenosine Diphosphate) when the 3rd phosphate bond is broken to release energy.

Answer 3

ATP is essential to photosynthesis, as it helps to store energy. After ATP breaks down into into ADP the energy is released from the breaking of molecular bonds.