Quiz 3 vocab
Across
- 4. the enlargement or increase in size of a tissue or organ, typically due to an increase in the size or number of its cells
- 6. a three-carbon compound produced during glycolysis.
- 8. an organic acid produced in muscles and other tissues during anaerobic metabolism
- 10. an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP
- 11. a type of skeletal muscle fiber that contract relatively quickly
- 12. refers to the amount of oxygen that must be consumed by the body to metabolize the excess lactic acid produced during anaerobic exercise
- 13. a high-energy molecule found in muscle cells.
- 14. a cellular metabolic process that uses oxygen to convert glucose and other organic molecules into ATP
Down
- 1. a type of skeletal muscle fiber that contract slowly but are highly resistant to fatigue.
- 2. a type of skeletal muscle fiber that contract quickly and generate a lot of force but fatigue rapidly.
- 3. the age-related loss of muscle mass and strength that occurs as people get older.
- 5. the initial stage of glucose metabolism in which a molecule of glucose is broken down into two molecules of pyruvic acid (pyruvate).
- 6. the phase of the cross-bridge cycle where the myosin head of a muscle fiber pulls on actin filaments
- 7. the shrinkage or reduction in size of a tissue or organ, usually due to a decrease in the number or size of its cells.
- 9. the process by which new blood vessels are formed from existing ones.