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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cellular respiration | the princes that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the prescense of oxygen |
| aerobic | a proccess that requires oxygen |
| anaerobic | a princes that does not require oxygen |
| glycolysis | the first set of reactions in cellular respiration in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of optimum acid |
| Nad+ | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide: an electron carrier involved in glycolysis |
| Krebs Cycle | the second stage of cellular respiration in which optimum acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy extracting reactions |
| matrix | the innermost compartment of the mitochondrian |
| Fermentation | the proccess by which cells release exist in the absence of oxygen |