Quiz 3 vocab

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

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.