Respiration

Respiratory Group of organs that deliver oxygen from the air we

system breathe to cells throughout the body

.See respiration.

Glucose Simple sugar that provides all the energy cells need to
function

Digestive system breaks down food and turn it into

glucose to power the body cells

Glucose, along with oxygen from lungs, is delivered to

cells through the bloodstream.

Mitochondria Cellular structures, where the substances undergo

cellular respiration (a chemical reaction)

Cellular respiration One way of the key ways a cell gain useful energy

Carbon dioxide The leftover of respiration.

Harmful waste gas that body needs to get rid of.

If C.dioxide builds up in one’s blood, he dies.

ATP Adenosine triphosphate, used by cells for every work.

Synthesize The energy in ATP lets cells synthesize complex organic

molecules like DNA, RNA, and proteins

It powers the muscle contractions

Fermentation When lungs can’t supply one’s muscle, glucose is

processed with carbon dioxide, instead of oxygen.

Doesn’t make as much energy as aerobic respiration.

In muscle cells, it produces lactic acid as a waste

product, which causes muscle cramps

Aerobic respiration Cellular respiration; glucose is processed by oxygen.

Anaerobic Fermentation – works only for a short time.

respiration
– Something else than oxygen is used to release the
energy from glucose

Expel The cells expel the carbon dioxide into blood, which
 carries it to lungs

Respiration A chemical reaction, after which three things are left

over: ATP; water; carbon dioxide (the waste gas)

Lactic acid The waste product of fermentation (carbon dioxide

releasing the energy from glucose) that cause muscle
cramps and weakness.

Breathing out, you exhale carbon dioxide.

Cellular respiration happens inside the cells of all living animals as well as in plants.

Some organisms, e.g. yeasts (kvasnice) use only anaerobic respiration for energy