CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM

Question 1

is the biochemical process by which food molecules, through hydrolysis are BROKEN DOWN INTO SIMPLER CHEMICAL UNITS that can be used by the cells for their metabolic needs

Answer 1

digestion

Question 2

PRIMARY AREA FOR CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTION

Answer 2

small intestine

Question 3

catalyze the hydrolysis of A-GLYCOSIDIC LINKAGES in starch

Answer 3

salivary a-amylase

Question 4

NO EFFECT on digestion

Answer 4

gastric juice

Question 5

HYDROLYSIS OF POLYSACCHARIDES TO DISACCHARIDES

Answer 5

pancreatic digestive enzymes

Question 6

the hydrolysis of disaccharides

Answer 6

maltose, sucrase, lactase

Question 7

CATALYZES THE HYDROLYSIS of a a-glycosidic linkages in starch

Answer 7

salivary a-amylase

Question 8

BREAKS DOWN POLYSACCHARIDE into shorter segments

Answer 8

pancreatic a-amylase

Question 9

enzyme involved in the FINAL STEP in carbohydrate digestion

Answer 9

maltase, sucrase, and lactase

Question 10

substance that is needed for MONOSACCHARIDE TO ENTER THE BLOODSTREAM

Answer 10

ATP

Question 11

aerobic conditions

Answer 11

acetyl CoA

Question 12

anaerobic conditions in humans, animals, and some microorganisms

Answer 12

lactate

Question 13

anaerobic conditions in some microorganisms

Answer 13

ethanol

Question 14

is the pathway by which glucose 6 phosphate is USED TO PRODUCE NADPH, ribose 5-phosphate and numerous other sugar phosphate

Answer 14

pentose phosphate pathway (PEP)

Question 15

what are the GOAL OF PPP?

Answer 15

synthesis of coenzyme and production of ribose 5-phosphate

Question 16

chemical process that RELEASES ENERGY FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, gradually converting it into energy that is stored in ATP molecules

Answer 16

cellular respiration

Question 17

what are the 3 stages of cellular respiration

Answer 17

glycolysis, krebs cycle, electron transport chain

Question 18

what is ATP?

Answer 18

Adenosine Triphosphate

Question 19

energy USED BY ALL CELLS

Answer 19

ATP

Question 20

glycolysis occurs in where?

Answer 20

cytoplasm

Question 21

means SPLITTING OF SUGAR

Answer 21

glycolysis

Question 22

occurs in the CYTOSOL OF THE CELL

Answer 22

glycolysis

Question 23

in krebs cycle it requires what?

Answer 23

it requires oxygen

Question 24

where is ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN LOCATED?

Answer 24

inner membrane of the mitochondria

Question 25

the production of ATP using the energy of H+ GRADIENTS ACROSS MEMBRANES to phosphorylate ADP

Answer 25

chemiosmosis

Question 26

a protein in the INNER MEMBRANE in the mitochondria

Answer 26

chemiosmosis

Question 27

uses energy of the ION GRADIENT to power ATP synthesis

Answer 27

chemiosmosis

Question 28

what is the FORMATION OF ACETYL CoA?

Answer 28

2 NADH to 6 ATP

Question 29

is an enzyme; hydrolysis of some a-glycosidic linkages

Answer 29

salivary a-amylase

Question 30

where digestion happens

Answer 30

small intestine

Question 31

Enzyme of glycolysis?

Answer 31

pyruvate

Question 32

breaking down of glucose

Answer 32

glycolysis

Question 33

breaking down of glycogen

Answer 33

glycogenolysis

Question 34

Pyruvate will become glucose in the process we called?

Answer 34

gluconeogenesis

Question 35

Glucose is not used in the process of glycogen

Answer 35

glycogenesis