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Exercise Muscular Topic 4 PDF

The document summarizes key aspects of muscle metabolism. It discusses the three roles of ATP in muscle contraction, the processes of ATP synthesis and breakdown, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, and the differences between slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers. Specifically, it covers how ATP provides energy for muscle contraction, how it is regenerated through creatine phosphate or glucose breakdown and the Krebs cycle, and how muscle replenishes energy stores after exercise through recovery processes like glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation.

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Exercise Muscular Topic 4 PDF

The document summarizes key aspects of muscle metabolism. It discusses the three roles of ATP in muscle contraction, the processes of ATP synthesis and breakdown, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, and the differences between slow-twitch and fast-twitch muscle fibers. Specifically, it covers how ATP provides energy for muscle contraction, how it is regenerated through creatine phosphate or glucose breakdown and the Krebs cycle, and how muscle replenishes energy stores after exercise through recovery processes like glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation.

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The Muscular System: Muscle Metabolism

1. List the three roles of ATP in muscle contraction:

1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

3. _________________________________

2. The potential energy in ATP is released when the terminal high-energy bond is broken by a process called

___________________________.

Write the end products of this process: ATP (+ H2O) _________________

3. Rebuilding ADP into ATP with a new source of energy is carried out by a process called

______________________________.

Write the equation for this process: __________________ ATP (+ H2O)

4. List the three processes used to synthesize additional ATP when ATP supplies are low:

1. _______________________________

2. _______________________________

3. _______________________________

5. An immediate source of energy is _____________________ (CP), but the supplies are limited and rapidly

depleted.

One molecule of CP produces ___ ATP.

6. Glucose is a major source of energy for synthesizing ATP. List the two sources of glucose:

1. ______________________________

2. ______________________________

7. _____________ is the process that breaks down glucose.

Name two products of the breakdown of glucose:

1. _________________

2. _________________
If oxygen is not available, pyruvic acid is converted to __________ acid, which is the end product of

_________________ respiration.

8. If oxygen is available, the process is known as ______________ respiration.

Name two sources of oxygen:

1. _______________________

2. _______________________

The aerobic pathway consists of glycolysis + ________________ + ___________________. The net

result of one glucose molecule is ___ ATP.

9. The process of restoring the depleted energy reserves after exercise is called _________________.

Name four processes that occur during this time:

1. ______________________

2. ______________________

3. ______________________

4. ______________________

10. Put the following characteristics under the correct fiber type:

- Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation - uses glycolysis

- fatigue rapidly - high endurance

- few capillaries - many capillaries

- much myoglobin - little myoglobin

- long-distance runner - sprinter

- light in colorlarge diameter - red in colorsmall diameter

Red Slow-Twitch Fibers White Fast-Twitch Fibers

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