Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy

Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy cellular respiration All organisms respire in order to release energy to fuel their living processes The respiration can be aerobic, which uses glucose and oxygen, or anaerobic respiration Cellular respiration is the name for the series of biochemical reactions which enables living organisms to turn food molecules into energy The primary fuel for

respiration Cellular respiration Cellular respiration is the process by which the body gets energy from

cellular respiration Cellular respiration takes place in both the cytosol and mitochondria of cells Glycolysis takes place in the cytosol, whereas pyruvate This 2-minute animation discusses the four stages of cellular respiration These include