Alphabetical
respiration
[noun]
The physical and chemical processes by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with the oxygen needed for metabolism and relieves them of the carbon dioxide formed in energy-producing reactions, or any of various energy-yielding oxidative reactions in living matter.
Appears in modules:
- Cellular Organelles I Endosymbiosis and membrane-bound organelles
- Chemical Reactions Types of reactions and the laws that govern them
- Earth's Atmosphere Composition, temperature, and pressure
- Energy Metabolism I Glycolosis and the Krebs cycle
- Tracking Human Ancestry The Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA
- Uncertainty, Error, and Confidence Characterizing natural variability and human error
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