AP BIOLOGY

CELL RESPIRATION

GLYCOLYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What cells in the body may undergo lactic acid fermentation during exercise?
A
Muscle cells
B
Fat cells
C
Liver cells
D
Skin cells
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lactic acid accumulates in your muscle cells as fermentation proceeds during times of strenuous exercise. During these times, your respiratory and cardiovascular systems cannot transport oxygen to your muscle cells, especially those in your legs, fast enough to maintain aerobic respiration.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer and Explanation: Lactic acid fermentation is an anaerobic reaction that takes place in the cytoplasm of cells.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lactic acid fermentation is the process by which our muscle cells deal with pyruvate during anaerobic respiration. This happens when we exercise too fast or hard because the oxygen supply can’t keep up with the need. That’s when our muscles switch from aerobic respiration to lactic acid fermentation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fermentation occurs in yeast cells, and a form of fermentation takes place in bacteria and in the muscle cells of animals. In yeast cells (the yeast used for baking bread and producing alcoholic beverages), glucose can be metabolized through cellular respiration as in other cells.

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