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1.7 Cellular Respiration Flashcards

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1
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What is cellular respiration?

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A series of metabolic pathways that brings about the release of energy from a foodstuff and the regeneration of the high-energy compound adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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What ATP composed of ?

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Adenosine and 3 inorganic phosphate (Pi) groups

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What is stored within a ATP molecule ?

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Energy

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When is the energy released from an ATP molecule?

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When the bond attaching the terminal phosphate is broken

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What is the result when the bond attaching the terminal phosphate is broken?

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Adenosine diphosphate and inorganic phosphate

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What is the energy released for give 5 examples ?

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Cellular processes e.g. Muscle contraction
Active transport mitosis/ meiosis (to separate chromosomes)
DNA replication
Protein synthesis

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Why is ATP important?

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it provides a means by which chemical energy is transferred from one type of reaction to another in a living cell.

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Why is there a rapid turnover of ATP molecules?

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as cells require a constant supply of ATP molecule

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What is happening at the same time as ATP molecules are being broken down?

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many are being regenerated from ADP and Pi

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What is phosphorylation?

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an enzyme-controlled process where a phosphate group is added to a molecule.

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Give an example of phosphorylation?

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when an inorganic phosphate combines with ADP to form ATP

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What are the 3 main stages respiration is divided into?

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glycolysis
citric acid cycle
electron transport chain

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Where does glycolysis take place ?

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cytoplasm of a cell

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What is not needed for glycolysis to occur?

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oxygen

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Describe overall what happens in glycolysis?

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a series of enzyme-controlled steps where glucose is broken down into pyruvate

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What is glycolysis split into and what are they called?

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2 enzyme-controlled phases
energy investment phase
energy pay-off phase

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What is USED UP in the energy investment phase?

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2 ATP molecules are used up per molecule of glucose

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Why are 2 ATP molecules used up?

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2 intermediate compounds are phosphorylated (i.e. a phosphate from the breakdown of ATP is added to these compounds)

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What does the first of these phosphorylations lead to?

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a product that can continue to a number of pathways

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What is the second phosphorylation catalysed by?

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an enzyme called phosphofructokinase

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What kind of reaction is the second phosphorylation and what does the resulting compound only leads to ?

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the final stage of the glycolytic pathway

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What is produced in the energy pay-off phase?

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4 ATP

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Apart from 4 ATP being produced during the energy payoff phase what else happens?

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dehydrogenase enzymes release hydrogen ions from some of the compounds in this part of the pathway. These hydrogen ions are picked up by a co-enzyme called NAD which in turn becomes NADH

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When will the citric acid cycle take place?

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if oxygen is present

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What happens to the pyruvate in the citric acid cycle?

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pyruvate is broken down into carbon dioxide and an acetyl gorup.

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What happens to the actetyl group?

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acetyl group binds with coenzyme A to enter the citric acid cycle as acetyl CoA

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How is citrate formed?

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when the acetyl group of acetyl coenzyme A combines with oxaloacetate.

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Where does the citric acid cycle take place?

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the matrix of the mitochondria

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What does the highly folded inner membrane give it?

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larger surface area

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During citric acid cycle, what do dehydrogenase enzymes do?

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remove hydrogen ions and electrons from the respiratory substrate. These are passed to the coenzyme NAD to form NADH or FAD to form FADH2.

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What is produced and what is released during citric acid cycle?

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ATP is produced

carbon dioxide is released

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What does an electron transport chain consist of?

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a group of protein molecules

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Where are many of the electron transport chains found?

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in a cell

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34
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Where are electron transport chains found attached to?

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the inner membrane of mitochondria called cristae

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What do NADH and FADH2 from the glycolytic and citric acid pathways do?

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release high-energy electrons and pass them to the electron transport chains

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36
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What do electrons begin in?

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a high-energy state

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What happens to electrons as they flow along a chain of electron acceptors?

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they release energy

38
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What is the energy from the electrons used to do?

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pump hydrogen ions across the membrane from the inner cavity (matrix) side to the intermembrane space,where a higher concentration of hydrogen ions is maintained

39
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After the hydrogen ions are pumped across to the intermembrane space, what happens to the hydrogen ions?

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they move by diffusion and this returns the flow of hydrogen ions to the matrix drives ATP synthase to synthesise ATP from ADP + Pi

40
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When the electrons come to the end of the electron transport chain, what do they combine with?

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oxygen, the final electron acceptor, to form water

41
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What does the electron transport chain provide?

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Most of the energy (ATP) in cellular respiration

42
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How much ATP is generated in aerobic respiration?

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38

43
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How much ATP is generated in glycolysis?

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2

44
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How much ATP is generated in the cirtric acid cycle?

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2

45
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How much ATP is generated in the electron transport chain?

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34

46
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What is the main substrate used in the respiratory pathway?

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glucose

47
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What other substrates can be used in the respiratory pathway?

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starch
glycogen 
other sugar molecules e..g. lactose
amino acids
fats
48
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What are starch and glycogen examples of?

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complex carbohydrates

49
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What is starch ?

A

a complex carbohydrate stored by plants

50
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What is glycogen?

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a complex carbohydrate stored by animals

51
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What are both starch and glycogen composed of?

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chains of glucose molecules

52
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What can starch and glycogen be used in?

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respiration as they breakdown into glucose molecules

53
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What are fats broken down into and when?

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glycerol and fatty acids when it is required to take part in respiration

54
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What is glycerol and fatty acids converted into?

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Glycerol is converted into a glycolytic intermediate and fatty acids are metabolised into smaller fragments that enter the pathway as acetyl coA for use in the citric acid cycle

55
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What are proteins broken down into ?

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amino acids by digestive enzymes

56
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What happens to extra amino acids that are not required for protein synthesis ?

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they undergo deamination, forming urea and respiratory pathway intermediates

57
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During glycolysis, how can the enzyme phosphofructokinase be inhibited?

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by the accumulation of ATP and/or citrate

58
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What is the inhibition of phosphofructokinase by the accumulation of ATP and/or citrate an example of?

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feedback inhibition

59
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What does the feedback inhibition of phosphofructokinase help to do?

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synchronise and regulate the RATE of glycolysis and the citric acid cycle.

60
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Why is the feedback inhibition of phosphofructokinase important to a cell?

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it prevents the needless buildup of intermediate compounds
ATP is only produced when it is required
It conserves resources

61
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What happens to muscle cells during intense exercise?

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they start to respire anaerobically because they do not achieve an ADEQUATE supply of oxygen from the bloodstream to support an increased level aerobic respiration.

62
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If there is an inadequate supply of oxygen what can neither the citric acid cycle nor the electron transport chain not do?

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generate additional ATP; only glycolysis is able to provide more ATP.

63
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What does glycolysis able to generate?

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2NADH and 2ATP from each molecule of glucose as it is broken down to pyruvate

64
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What happens to the pyruvate if there is an inadequate supply of oxygen?

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it is converted to lactate and this is accompainied by the transfer of hydrogen from NADH and the regeneration of NAD.

65
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Why must NAD present?

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to enable glycolysis to continue and produce more ATP

66
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What does a build up of lactate in muscle cells cause?

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fatique and an oxygen debt builds up

67
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What happens when exercise stops?

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energy generated by aerobic respiration is now used to convert lactate back to pyruvate

68
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During intense muscular activity, what do muscle cells do?

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breakdown ATP to release energy

69
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What do muscle cells contain?

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a small store of ATP, which can supply energy for only a few muscle contractions

70
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What is the chemical which provides much of the energy needed for intense muscular activity?

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creatine phosphate

71
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What does creatine phosphate do?

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breaks down to release energy and phosphate that is used to convert ADP to ATP at a fast rate.

72
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What the creatine phosphate system only support?

A

strenuous muscle activity for around 10 seconds, when the creatine phosphate supply runs out.

73
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When is the supply of creatine phosphate restored ?

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when energy demands are low

74
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Why are skeletal muscle fibres required by the body?

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to bring about all kinds of movemenr

75
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What are the 2 types of skeletal muscle fibres?

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slow-twitch muscle fibres

fast-twitch muscle fibres

76
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When are slow-twitch muscle fibres most effective and why?

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during endurance activities such as long-distance running as they can work for a long time without getting tired

77
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What speed do slow-twitch muscle fibres contract?

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slowly

78
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What do slow-twitch muscle fibres depend on?

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aerobic respiration to generate most of their ATP

79
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What number of mitochondria do slow-twitch muscle fibres have?

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large

80
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When are fast-twitch muscle fibres most effective?

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during power events such as weight-lifting

81
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What speed do fast-twitch muscle fibres contract?

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quickly

82
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What is the length of time contraction is sustained in a fast-twitch muscle fibre?

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short periods of time, but get tired fast, as they consume lots of energy.

83
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What do fast-twitch muscle fibres depend on?

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glycolysis to generate ATP

84
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What number of mitochondria do fast-twitch muscle fibres have?

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small

85
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What blood capillary density do fast-twitch muscle fibres have?

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low

86
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What blood capillary density do slow-twitch muscle have?

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high

87
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What concentration of myoglobin do fast-twitch muscle fibres have?

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low

88
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What concentration of myoglobin do slow-twitch muscle fibres have?

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high

89
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What is myoglobin?

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an oxygen-storing protein present in muscle cells

90
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What major storage fuels are used in slow-twitch muscle fibres?

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fats

91
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What major storage fuels are used in fast-twitch muscle fibres?

A

glycogen and creatine phosphate

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