Bioenergetics Flashcards
Unit measuring the energy value of foods, calibrated by quantity of heat required to raise temperature of 1 gram of water by one degree Celsius
Calorie
Unit of energy equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of kilo gram of water by one degree Celsius
Kilocalorie
Is the measurement of heat generated as a result of metabolism
Direct calorimetry
Represents the actual energy that the body will yield from the foods it consumes, how the body digests
Coefficient of digestiibility
Protein that catalysed a biochemical reaction or change
Enzyme
Organic compound found in muscle and other tissues that catalyzes the reversible conversion of ADP and phosphocreatine into ATP and creatine
Creatine kinase
The process of adding an inorganic phosphate back to a molecule such as ADP
Re-phosphorylate
Process of energy production in the body in the absence of freely available oxygen
Anaerobic
Metabolic process that breaks down carbs and sugar, through series of pyruvic acid or lactic acid, releasing energy for the body in the form of ATP
Glycolysis
Intracellular organelle responsible for generating most of the ATP required for cellular operations
Mitochondria
Chemical reaction where the variation of free energy is negative, identifying the direction that the reaction will follow
Exergonic reaction
Energy substrate produced during the metabolic breakdown of glucose
Lactic acid
Energy substrate deemed as the end product in glycolysis
Pyruvate
Physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion
Fatigue
Buffered from lactic acid which can serve as an additional energy source
Lactate
Generation of glucose from other organic molecules like pyruvate, lactate, glycerol, and amino acids (alanine and glutamine)
Glucoenogenisis