Metabolism

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sum of all chemical reactions in the body

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metabolism

Question 2

break down large chemicals and release energy

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catabolism

Question 3

build up large chemicals and require energy

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anabolism

Question 4

acquisition and consumption of food

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ingestion

Question 5

convert food into a usable soluble form

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digestion

Question 6

passage of nutrient molecules through the lining of the digestive tract into the body proper by diffusion or active transport

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absorption

Question 7

build up of new tissues from digested food materials

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assimilation

Question 8

use oxygen to convert glucose into ATP

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respiration

Question 9

removal of water products produced during metabolism

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excretion

Question 10

creation of complex molecules from simpler ones

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synthesis

Question 11

the steady state of the internal environment

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homeostasis

Question 12

ability to respond to a stimulus and is part of regulation

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irritability

Question 13

conversion of chemical energy in molecular bonds into usable energy

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respiration

Question 14

refers to the entrance of air into the lungs and the gas exchange between the alveoli and blood

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external respiration

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exchange of gas between the blood and the cells and the intracellular processes of respiration

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internal respiration

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– are the favored fuel molecules in living cells

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carbohydrates and fats

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– bond is energy rick

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C-H

Question 18

carbon dioxides contains – energy and is the stable, energy-exhausted end product of respiration

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little usable energy

Question 19

during respiration, high-energy hydrogen atoms are removed from organic molecules

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dehydrogenation (oxidation rxn)

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acceptance of hydrogen by – is the reduction component of the redox reaction

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oxygen

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energy released by reduction is used to form a high-energy – bond in ATP

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phosphate

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reductions occur in a series of small steps called

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electron transport chain