Becker's World of the Cell 9th Edition by Lewis Kleinsmith, Jeff Hardin, Gregory Paul Bertoni

Exercise 3

Glycolysis in 25 Words or Less. Complete each of the following statements about the glycolytic pathway in 25 words or less.
(a)Although the brain is an obligately aerobic organ, it still depends on glycolysis because...
(b)Although one of its reactions is an oxidation, glycolysis can proceed in the absence of oxygen because...
(c)What happens to the pyruvate generated by the glycolytic pathway depends on...
(d)If you bake bread or brew beer, you depend on glycolysis for...
(e)Two organs in your body that can use lactate are...
(f)The synthesis of glucose from lactate in a liver cell requires more molecules of nucleoside triphosphates (ATP and GTP)than are formed during the catabolism of glucose to lactate in a muscle cell because...