Chapter 12 Lesson 3 Anaerobic

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Respiration

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Frederick Atienza Andal
Objectives:

1. Define anaerobic respiration;


2. Compare the energy released between aerobic and anaerobic respiration in
per molecule of glucose;
3. Describe what causes an oxygen debt during the vigorous exercise;
4. Explain how oxygen debt is removed after exercise; and
5. Discuss the effect of lactic acid

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Anaerobic respiration
the term for the chemical reactions in cells that break down
nutrient molecules to release energy without using oxygen.

 energy is still released from food by breaking it down


chemically but the reactions do not use oxygen though
they do often produce carbon dioxide

 common example is the action of yeast on sugar solution to


produce alcohol.

 The sugar is not completely oxidized to carbon dioxide and water


but converted to carbon dioxide and alcohol.

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Anaerobic respiration
This process is called fermentation and is shown by the following equation:

Uses: bread-making and brewing

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Anaerobic respiration
 in muscle cell, it happens during vigorous exercise
 Oxygen cannot be delivered fast enough for the muscle to respire aerobically, so
the product is different:
glucose  lactic acid + energy

 The lactic acid builds up in the muscles and causes muscle fatigue
(cramp).

 Anaerobic respiration is much less efficient than aerobic respiration because it


releases much less energy per glucose molecule broken down (respired).

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Oxygen debt
 When the body is lack of the necessary oxygen it needs to complete the process
of respiration and eliminate the lactic acid

 After the body activity level slows, a person takes in extra oxygen to gradually
repay this oxygen debt
 This will allow the cells to process the built up of lactic acid

How it is removed from the muscle?


 Lactic acid is taken to the liver by blood, there it will be oxidized into carbon
dioxide and water via aerobic respiration
 Or, it is converted into glucose, to glycogen, thus, increasing the glycogen levels
in the liver and muscles (restored)

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End.

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