I’ve been trying to understand this particular cycle. I am studying physiology and currently haven’t been able to make sense of the complete cycle. I made sense of some parts, but if someone could help me make sense of the generalities so that I can later add the complexities and detail,I’d appreciate it enormously. Thanks.
(I’ve even read previous sooooo)
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A very broad view is that you’re sapping the energy away from your carbohydrate source step-wise, then taking the energy you get from that and converting it into energy that your cells can use
The “sapping away” part would be oxidizing your carbohydrate in steps with electron carriers (i.e. the Krebs cycle), which can then fuel up an energy pump that makes ATP (i.e. the electron transport chain)
You end up with CO2, which is the very oxidized form of your original carbohydrate (i.e. it has had the vast majority of its energy from its bonds taken from it), H2O, which is what all the electrons eventually culminate in at the end of the energy pump (at the end of the electron transport chain), and a lot of ATP
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