Carbohydrate Metabolism

When the glucose level in the blood rises, as happens after the digestion of a meal, the liver removes the excess glucose and converts it to glycogen, a polysaccharide. This process is called

• Gluconeogenesis

• Glycolysis

• Glycogenolysis

• Glycogenesis

The breakdown of glycogen to glucose

• Glycogenesis

• Glycogenolysis

• Glycolysis

• Gluconeogenesis

The breakdown of muscle glycogen to pyruvic acid and lactic acid, a process that requires no oxygen, is called

• Glycogenolysis

• Glycogenesis

• Glycolysis

• Gluconeogenesis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

First step in the Krebs cycle is the formation of _______________ from pyruvic acid.

• ATP

• Pyruvate

• NADH

• Acetyl CoA

Which of the following is not produced directly in the Citric Acid Cycle?

• ATP

• FADH2

• GTP

• NADH

Identify the Three Fates of Pyruvate

• Ethanol, Lactate, Acetyl-CoA

• Pyruvic acid, ATP, Acetyl-CoA

• Acetyl-CoA, Lactate, NADH

• ATP, FADH, NADH

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

A biochemical process in which glucose is converted to lactate in muscle tissue, the lactate is reconverted to glucose in the liver, and the glucose is returned to the muscle tissue.

• Krebs cycle

• Cori cycle

• Pentose Phosphate Pathway

• Oxidative Phosphorylation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

A polypeptide hormone that is released when blood glucose is low

• Insulin

• Glycogen

• Glucagon

• ATP

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

Most of the digestion of food takes place in the _________________.

• Stomach

• Mouth

• Large intestine

• Small intestine

The site where the enzyme maltase is active.

• Small intestine

• Stomach

• Intestinal Mucosal Cells

• Intestinal Lining (villi)