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What name is given to the reactions that break food down to obtain energy?Read the answer and worked solution →What do anabolic reactions do with the energy that catabolic reactions release?Read the answer and worked solution →What does a negative net energy change mean for the body?Read the answer and worked solution →Glycolysis breaks each glucose molecule down into what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the Krebs cycle also called?Read the answer and worked solution →How many ATP does one glucose molecule net through aerobic respiration?Read the answer and worked solution →Gluconeogenesis makes new glucose from which starting materials?Read the answer and worked solution →Which hormone is released from the pancreatic alpha cells when blood glucose falls?Read the answer and worked solution →What does glucagon do to glycogen in the liver?Read the answer and worked solution →Where does insulin cause glucose to be stored as glycogen?Read the answer and worked solution →Which four vitamins are the fat-soluble ones?Read the answer and worked solution →Which vitamins make up the water-soluble group?Read the answer and worked solution →Why does hypervitaminosis rarely occur with water-soluble vitamins?Read the answer and worked solution →When too much acetyl CoA accumulates because glucose is short, what does the body generate?Read the answer and worked solution →How does basal metabolic rate differ between men and women on average?Read the answer and worked solution →Building up or breaking down?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the fat-soluble vitaminsRead the answer and worked solution →Key in the metabolism numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Metabolism is the sum of catabolism and:Read the answer and worked solution →Reactions that break down food for energy are:Read the answer and worked solution →ATP is described as the energy currency of the:Read the answer and worked solution →How many phosphate groups does ATP carry?Read the answer and worked solution →The fed state after a meal is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →The fasting state is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Excess glucose is stored as which polymer?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of catabolic energy goes to ATP?Read the answer and worked solution →What happens to the remaining catabolic energy?Read the answer and worked solution →The absorptive state can last up to how long?Read the answer and worked solution →Which hormone drives glucose storage as glycogen?Read the answer and worked solution →In the fasting state, the body relies first on stored:Read the answer and worked solution →

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What name is given to the reactions that break food down to obtain energy?

  1. Catabolic reactions
  2. Anabolic reactions
  3. Synthetic reactions
  4. Buffering reactions
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Correct answer: A. Catabolic reactions

1. Metabolism splits into two opposite families of reaction. 2. The reactions governing the breakdown of food to obtain energy are called catabolic reactions. 3. Anabolic reactions run the other way, building larger molecules instead. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 24 "Metabolism and Nutrition", section 24.1 | Overview of Metabolic Reactions_

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What do anabolic reactions do with the energy that catabolic reactions release?

  1. Store it as body heat
  2. Excrete it in the urine
  3. Return it to the food
  4. Build larger molecules
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Correct answer: D. Build larger molecules

1. Catabolic and anabolic reactions are coupled through the energy they trade. 2. Anabolic reactions use the energy produced by catabolic reactions to synthesise larger molecules. 3. Ideally the energy used and the energy produced would balance each other. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 24 "Metabolism and Nutrition", section 24.1 | Overview of Metabolic Reactions_

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What does a negative net energy change mean for the body?

  1. It stores surplus energy
  2. It uses stored energy
  3. It halts all metabolism
  4. It doubles its heat output
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Correct answer: B. It uses stored energy

1. Net energy change compares what catabolism releases with what anabolism spends. 2. When catabolic reactions release less energy than anabolic reactions use, the change is negative. 3. The body then draws on stored energy to make up the shortfall. _Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 24 "Metabolism and Nutrition", section 24.1 | Overview of Metabolic Reactions_

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