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Oxygen is an election acceptor in the reduction-oxidation reaction going on inside almost every living cell. Think of cellular metabolism in your body as a motor, in order to make things go there needs to be electron flow (in an electric motor there are positive and negative wires to conduct flow). At the molecular Biology level the elections move between atoms, with the cell as the circuit. The 'force' driving the elections through the metabolic process from one 'reduced' atom (usually organic carbon from the food you eat) to one 'oxidized' atom ( an oxygen in O2) is oxygen's 'election affinity' (like magnetism for electrons), remember chemistry 101? The completed circuit usually produces carbon dioxide, wherein the carbon has lost electrons and oxygen has gained them.
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What metabolism requires the use of oxygen?
Aerobic metabolism requires the use of oxygen. In this process, glucose is broken down in the presence of oxygen to produce ATP, the cell's energy currency. Aerobic metabolism is more efficient than anaerobic metabolism, which occurs in the absence of oxygen.
What is The Respiratory System's role in energy metabolism?
The respiratory system's role in energy metabolism lies is to allow the exchange of gases to take place in the lungs and tissue cells. Oxygen is needed for certain metabolic reactions to occur and for the production of energy.
Does animal cells have metabolism with or without oxygen?
Animal cells can perform metabolism with or without oxygen. In the presence of oxygen, animal cells undergo aerobic metabolism to produce energy. In the absence of oxygen, they can switch to anaerobic metabolism, which is less efficient but still allows for energy production.
What are the differences between a facultative anaerobe and a facultative aerobe in terms of their oxygen requirements for metabolism?
A facultative anaerobe can switch between using oxygen and not using oxygen for metabolism, while a facultative aerobe can only use oxygen for metabolism.
What are needed for cellular metabolism between oxygen and nitrogen?
oxygen
What is called when the metabolism of glucose when oxygen is presented?
It's called "Aerobic Metabolism"
What is the metabolism of glucose when oxygen is present is called?
It's called "Aerobic Metabolism"
What is the metabolism of the glucose when oxygen is present called?
It's called "Aerobic Metabolism"
Aerobic metabolism always requires?
Oxygen
What is the role of corticosteroids in the metabolism of food?
Regulates metabolism and creates energy for food
What are the vacuoles role in metabolism?
Ingestion
What role in cholesterol synthesis and fat metabolism?
the smooth endoplasmic reticulum has the role in cholesterol synthesis, fat metabolism, and detoxification of drugs
