Saturday, August 28, 2010

Questions after the poster gallery :)
Ive found out more about it.

How is lactic acid removed from the body?
The extra oxygen so consumed during the recovery period is called the "oxygen debt," and it corresponds to the oxidation in the liver and heart of some of the excess lactic acid formed during maximal muscular activity. The remainder of the excess lactic acid accumulating in the blodd during the sprint is converted to glycogen in the liver;the extra ATP required is derived from the portion of the lactic that is oxidized via the tricarboxylic acid cycle in the liver.

What is metabolism?
It is a step-by-step modification of the initial molecule to shape it into another product. This results can be used in one of three ways such as to be stored by the cell, to be used immediately, as a metabolic product or to initiate another metabolic pathway, called a flux generating step.

What is metabolic pathway?
It is series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell. In each pathway, a principal chemical is modified by chemical reactions. Enzymes catalyzw these reactions, and often require dietry minerals, vitamins, and other confactors in order to function properly. Because of the many chemicals that may be involved, pathways can be quite elaborate. In addition, many pathways can exist within a cell. This collection of pathways is called the metabolic network. Pathways are important to the maintenance of homeostasis within an organism,

What i learnt?

Anabolic means to build up
Catabolic means to break down.

Points that i want to lean more about.
Plants who cant reach light are able to use infrared light to photosynthesize.
what infrared light ? why can infrared light reach the plants? and does infrared light affect the rate of photosynthesis?

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