Human Energy Transfer Flashcards
Energy
Capacity to do work
Metabolism
Total of all energy transformation that occur in the body
Energy transfer
All of the metabolic processes that are involved in the production and utilization of adenosine triphosphate
ATP
Stored chemical energy that links the energy yielding and energy requiring function within all cells
Currency of cells
Structure of ATP
Adenosine linked to three phosphates
Where does ADP come from?
ATP + water and catalyzed by adenosine triphosphatase
Hydrogen is also released - no change of pH due to breakdown and rebuild
How is ATP energy released?
ATP HYDROLYSIS liberates energy to do biological work
Bioenergetics
Flow and exchange of energy within a living system
1st law of thermodynamics
Law of conservation of energy - law that human body is subjected to
Energy can neither by created or destroyed
Catabolic
Energy is produced from the breakdown of foodstuffs
ADP AND PI SND ENERGY gives ATP (endergonic)
Anabolic
Energy is used to build tissues
ATP into ADP AND PI AND ENERGY (exergonic)
Coupled reactions
Linking of an energy yielding and energy requiring reaction.
Sliding filament theory and 2ATP uses
Thick over thin
Neurotransmitters trigger AP which moves along the cell membrane, then ATP and Ca bind to troponin and a shift as tropomyosin occurs
ATP needed for ca to go back to SR through ATPase pumps
Three types biological work that use energy
Mechanical
chemical
transport
Is all the energy from food converted into ATP and mechanical work?
No some is released as heat according to the second law of thermodynamics
Food is converted into
Mechanical energy and heat