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Carbohydrate Metabolism

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Digestion   the breakdown of food into small molecules  
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Pentose Phosphate Pathway   Multistep pathway yields 2 products important to our metabolism  
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What is the major fuel for your body?   Glucose  
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Glycolysis   A series of 10 enzyme-catalyzed and reactions that convert glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules  
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What is step 1 of Glycolysis?   Phosphoration  
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What is step 2 of Glycolysis?   isomerization of glucose 6- phosphate to fructose6-phosphate  
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What is step 3 of Glycolysis?   makes a second energy investment as fructose 6-phosphate is converted to fructose 1,6 biphosphate bt reaction with ATP in another exergonic reaction  
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What is step 4 & 5 of Glycolysis?   Cleavage & Isomerization  
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What is step 6-10 of Glycolysis?   Energy Generation  
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What is Fructose?   It is from fruits or hydrolysis of the disaccharide sucrose  
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What is Galactose?   It is from hydrolysis of the disaccharide lactose  
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What is Mannose?   A product of the hydrolysis of plant polysaccharides other than starch.  
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During aerobic oxidation what is the first thing that moves across the outer mitochondrial membrane?   Pyruvate  
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Fermentation   Microorganisms often must survive in the absence of oxygen and have evolved numerous anaerobic strategies for energy production  
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Alcoholic Fermentation   When pyruvate undergoes fermentation by yeast, it is converted into ethanol plus carbon dioxide  
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Hypoglycemia   Causes weakness, sweating and rapid heartbeat  
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Hypergycemia   Causes increased urine flow as the normal osmolarity balance of fluids within the kidney is disturbed.  
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Diabetes Mellitus   One of the most common metabolic diseases  
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Glycogenesis   occurs ehrn glucose concentrations are high  
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Glycogenolysis   Occurs in the two steps  
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