Cellular respiration process

We all need energy to function, and we get that energy from the foods we eat. Extracting those nutrients necessary to keep us going and then converting them into useable energy is the job of our cells.

This complex yet efficient metabolic process, called cellular respiration, converts the energy derived from sugars, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, a high-energy molecule that drives processes like muscle contraction and nerve impulses.

Anaerobic respiration

Cellular respiration occurs in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, with most reactions taking place in the cytoplasm of prokaryotes and in the mitochondria of eukaryotes. 

There are three main stages of cellular respiration: glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and electron transport/oxidative phosphorylation.

Sugar Rush

Glycolysis literally means "splitting sugars," and it is the 10-step process by which sugars are released for energy. Glycolysis occurs when glucose and oxygen are supplied to the cells by the bloodstream, and it takes place in the cell's

when is oxygen present in cellular respiration

when oxygen is not present what pathway occurs