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Metabolism Flashcards

1
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What is the training effect?

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An increase in functional capacity of muscles and other bodily tissues as a result of increased stress(overload) places upon them

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What is homeostasis?

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The automatic tendency to maintain a relatively constant internal environment

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What are carbohydrates?

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Sugars and starches used by the body as fuel

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What are fats?

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Compounds that store energy

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What are proteins?

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Large, complex molecules comprised of amino acids

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What is a good example of homeostasis in the body?

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Method by which the body maintains a constant temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit

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What happens when your body temperature rises due to physical exertion or external heat?

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Brain sends a signal to increase the rate of sweating

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What happens when body temperature begins to drop due to a cold external environment?

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Shivering begins to generate heat for the body

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What are some other functions under homeostatic control?

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  1. Hormone production
  2. pH balance in the blood
  3. Water content of cells and blood
  4. Blood glucose levels
  5. Metabolic rate
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What is metabolism?

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Total of all chemical and physical processes by which the body builds and maintains itself(anabolism) and by which it breaks down its substances for the production of energy(catabolism)

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What is anabolism?

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The building up in the body of complex chemical compounds from simpler compounds

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What is catabolism?

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The breaking down in the body of complex chemical compounds into simpler ones

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What is glucose?

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Principal circulating sugar in the blood and the major energy source of the body

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14
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What are ketone bodies?

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Bodies produced as intermediate products of fat metabolism

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What is lactic acid?

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A by-product of glucose and glycogen metabolism in anaerobic muscle energetics

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What are amino acids?

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Building blocks of protein

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17
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How many amino acids are there?

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24

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What are fatty acids?

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Any of a large group of monobasic acids, especially those found in animal and vegetable fats and oils

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What is the metabolic set point?

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The base rate of metabolism that the body seeks to maintain; resulting in nasal metabolic rate

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20
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What is basal metabolic rate(BMR)?

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The minimum energy required to maintain the body’s life function at rest; usually expressed in calories per hour per square meter of the body’s surface

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What is the thermic effect?

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The heat liberated from a particular food; it is a measure of its energy content and its tendency to be burned as heat. Also referred to as “thermogenesis”

22
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What is a calorie?

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A unit of heat; amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius at 1 atmosphere

23
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What is a kilocalorie?

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1,000 calories and the preferred unit in metabolism studies

24
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What is the respiratory quotient(RQ)?

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A method of determining the “fuel mix” being used, giving us a way to measure the relative amounts of fats, carbohydrates and proteins being burned for energy

25
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What is the formula for calculating RQ?

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RQ = volume of CO2 expired / volume of O2 utilized

26
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What is the respiratory quotient(RQ) of carbohydrate?

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1.0

27
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What is the respiratory quotient(RQ) for fat?

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0.7

28
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What is the RQ for protein?

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About 0.8

29
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In a normal diet, what is the percent of energy derived from carbohydrates, fats and proteins?

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Carbohydrates = 40-45%
Fatty acids = 40-45%
Proteins = 10-15%

30
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What is oxidation?

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The chemical act of combining with oxygen or of removing hydrogen

31
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What is maximal oxygen uptake?

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Highest rate of oxygen consumption which a person is capable of

32
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What are branched-chain amino acids(BCAA’s)?

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Amino acids L-leucine, L-Isoleucine an L-valine which have a particular molecular structure that gives them their name and comprises 35% of muscle tissue. They help increase work capacity by stimulating production of insulin

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What is Adenosine Triphosphate(ATP)?

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An organic compound found in muscle which, upon being broken down enzymatically, yields energy for muscle contraction

34
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What is Creatine Phosphate(CP)?

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A high-energy phosphate molecule that is stored in cells and can be used to immediately resynthesize ATP

35
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Describe the ATP/CP pathway?

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ATP and CP provide anaerobic sources of phosphate-bond energy. The energy liberated from hydrolysis(splitting) of CP re-bonds ADP and Pi to form ATP

36
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What is Adenosine Diphosphate(ADP)?

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An organic compound in metabolism that functions in the transfer of energy during the catabolism of glucose, formed by the removal of a phosphate molecule from adenosine trisphosphate and composed of adenine, ribose, and two phosphate groups

37
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How much ATP is stored in muscles?

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5 mmol/kg of muscle

38
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How much CP is stored in muscles?

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16 mmols/kg of muscle

39
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What are type II muscle fibers?

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Fast twitch - contracts quickly and is used mostly in intensive, short duration exercises

40
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What are type I muscle fibers?

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Slow twitch - characterized by slow speed of contraction and a high capacity for aerobic glycolysis

41
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What is the glycolytic pathway?

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Metabolic process in which glucose is broken down to produce energy anaerobically

42
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What is gluconeogenesis?

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Chemical process that converts lactate and pyruvate back into glucose. When glycogen stores are low, glucose for emergency is synthesized from protein and the glycerol portion of fat molecules.

43
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What is the anaerobic threshold?

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The point where increasing energy demands of exercise can not be met by the use of oxygen, and an oxygen debt begins to be incurred

44
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What is the oxidative pathway?

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Metabolic process by which oxygen combines with lactic acid, resynthesizing glycogen to produce energy aerobically

45
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What is the Krebs cycle?

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Citric acid cycle; a set of 8 reactions, arranged in a cycle, in which free energy is recovered in the form of ATP

46
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What is the electron transport chain?

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The passing of electrons over a membrane, aiding in a reaction to recover free energy for the synthesis of ATP

47
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What is pyruvate?

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A byproduct of glycolysis

48
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What is beta oxidation?

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A series of reactions in which fatty acids are broken down

49
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What is resting metabolic rate(RMR)?

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The amount of energy(calories) required to efficiently perform vital bodily functions such as respiration, organ functions and heart rate while the body is awake, but at rest

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