Respiration

After studying this section you should be able to:

• understand the central role of ATP as an energy carrier in cell metabolism
• recall the structure of mitochondria and relate structure to function
• understand that respiration liberates energy from organic molecules
• explain the differences between anaerobic and aerobic respiration
• describe different routes which respiratory substrates can take
• explain the stages of glycolysis and Krebs cycle
• explain the stages in the hydrogen carrier system
• understand the term respiratory quotient and how it relates to different substrates