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NBCE Part 1
LaRose Cori cycle
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08/23/2012

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Term
1.       The _____ is a metabolic pathway that is used to prevent lactic acid produced by anaerobic glycolysis from building up in the muscle.
Definition
CORI CYCLE
Term
2.       The cori cycle occurs in the _____.
Definition
LIVER
Term
3.       This is another name of the cori cycle.
Definition
LACTIC ACID CYCLE
Term
4.       During _____ or _____, lactate from RBC’s or skeletal muscle is sent to the liver to make glucose that can be returned to RBC’s or muscle.
Definition
FASTING OR EXERCISE
Term
5.       _____ is reduced to lactic acid by _____, which removed the protons from the NADH that were created during glycolysis, and transfers them to pyruvic acid creating lactic acid.
Definition
PYRUVIC ACID, LACTATE DEHDROGENASE
Term
6.       Reducing pyruvic acid to lactic acid occur in order to maintain a concentration of _____ that can be reduced during glycolysis.
Definition
NAD+
Term
7.       Lactic acid goes to the liver where it is converted back to pyruvic acid and then to glucose through _____.
Definition
GLUCONEOGENESIS
Term
8.       The cori cycle provided quick _____ production during anerobic glycolysis in the muscle and red blood cells.
Definition
ATP PRODUCTION
Term
9.       If muscle activity has ceased, then the glucose is converted back into muscle _____ to be stored for future use.
Definition
GLYCOGEN
Term
10.   The cori cycle is an energy consuming pathway as it uses up _____ molecules of ATP making the cycle unable to be sustained on a continuous basis.
Definition
4 ATP
Term
11.   2 other names of the pentose phosphate pathway.
Definition
1) HEXOSE MONOPHOSPHATE SHUNT, 2) PHOSPHOGLUCONATE OXIDATIVE PATHWAY
Term
12.   The pentose phosphate pathway occurs in the _____ of the cell.
Definition
CYTOSOL
Term
13.   There are two distinct phases of the pentose phosphate pathway which are the _____ phase and the _____ phase.
Definition
OXIDATIVE PHASE, AND NON-OXIDATIVE PHASE
Term
14.   In the oxidative phase of the pentose phosphate pathway, _____ is generated.
Definition
NADPH
Term
15.   In the non-oxidative phase of the pentose phosphate pathway _____ is generated.
Definition
RIBOSE
Term
16.   Ribose is used in both _____and _____ synthesis.
Definition
DNA AND RNA
Term
17.   The purpose of the _____ is to produce NADPH.
Definition
PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY
Term
18.   The pentose phosphate pathway produces NADPH for these 3 reasons.
Definition
1) FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS, 2) DETOXIFICATION, 3) PROTECTION FROM FREE RADICALS
Term
19.   The rate limiting enzyme in the pentose phosphate pathway is _____.
Definition
GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE
Term
20.   _____ NADPH per glucose-6-phosphate are produced in the pentose phosphate pathway.
Definition
2 NADPH
Term
21.   What is the net gain of ATP in the pentose phosphate pathway?
Definition
NOTHING, THERE IS NO NET GAIN OR LOSS OF ATP
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