Energy Systems Flashcards
Energy can be transformed between many different forms
Solar, thermal, chemical, electrical, mechanical
All biological (living) processes require the transfer of bound (potential) energy into free energy
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Solar energy
Energy releasing from sun
Drives photosynthesis in plants
Resulting in stored carbohydrates (CHO)
Which can be used by animals for biological functioning (eating the plants)
-animals, in turn store CHO and FAT
Approximately ____ the human body is potential energy reserve
1/2
A 65kg person with 13% body fat (a healthy male) could endure forced starvation for…
40-50 days resting quietly
10-12 days of minimal activity
5-7 days without water in general
The three macronutrients
Carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
What is energy in the body derived from and what is the end result
The breakdown of carbohydrates, fats and proteins
End result: the production of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecule
ATP
Provides energy necessary for body functions
ATP is the “universal energy donor”
- it couples the energy released from the breakdown of food into a useable form of energy required by all cells
Energy for muscular activity
Breakdown of : carbohydrates, fats, proteins
Energy currency: ATP
biochemical process: muscular work, thermoregulation, digesting food
ATP couples the energy release from the breakdown of food into a useable form of energy required by all cells
Energy stored in high energy phosphates, primarily adenosine triphosphate ATP (breakdown)
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ATP= P-P-P triple phosphate bond
When you break down the bond you are left with this P-P+p (ADP+P)m the break down of the bond releases free energy and diphosphate
Enzyme ATPase used
All chemical reaction that take place in the body require ______
Free energy
The sum of all these reactions is called
Metabolism
For muscle contraction to take place…
ATP is required to supply free energy
Muscle cells store limited amount of ATP but there are 3 “metabolic pathways” to produce ATP 3 energy systems
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Energy in the body is derived from the breakdown of what?
Carbohydrates, fats and proteins
3 metabolic pathways to supply ATP to muscle
-Anaerobic (without oxygen)
1. Alactic System (Phosphocreatine)
2. Lactic System
-Aerobic (with oxygen)
1. Oxygen system
Alactic system (Phosphocreatine system) enzyme function ect
ADP is made but then needs to replenish ATP, Phosphocreatine uses the ADP to make ATP
PC+ADP ———- ATP + creatine
*enzyme = creatine kinase
Breaking of the phosphate when making ATP makes…
Free energy for muscle contraction (75% of energy as heat)
Phosphocreatine system (PC)
-Anaerobic alactic or ATP-CP
Provides rapid supply of ATP as PC stored in muscle
Limited stores, but quick recovery
Lasts less than 10-12 seconds
Recovery: 3 min full, 30 sec 1/2 recovery
Does not produce lactic acid : system doesn’t ast long energy
Ex. Sprinting - you fatigue quickly
Creatine monohydrate supplementation
If you take more creatine that hope is that you can store more Phosphocreatine
Only works if you use the Phosphocreatine system
Lactic acid system
- Anaerobic Lactic system
*when you deplete phosphocreatine
Anaerobic breakdown of glucose (comes from the blood) blood glucose
-process called anaerobic glycolysis
Occurs in Sarcoplasm
Doe snot require oxygen
Pyruvate converted to lactic acid
Accumulates lactic acid (muscle burn)
Provide energy as long as stores remain ( 20 sec to 3 min)
Sprinting a 200m, 300m or 400m
Anaerobic (rapid) glycolysis simplified
*how much ATP tells us how long we last in the system
Glucose is broken down (glycolysis), this process gives off energy (2 ATP) and gives off a hydrogen, making 2 Pyruvate; the hydrogen is then added to the Pyruvate = makes 2 Lactate
*reference photo
Glycolysis
A biochemical process that releases energy in the form of ATP from glycogen and glucose
Glycogen = many glucose molecules packaged together, stored in the liver and the muscle
Anaerobic process (in the absence of oxygen)
The products of glycolysis (per molecule of glucose)
- 2 molecules of ATP
- 2 molecules Pyruvate (Pyruvic acid)
By- products
-2 molecules of lactic acid/ lactate