Excretion. a) excretion is the removal or metabolic waste from the body. Metabolic waste consists of waste substances that may be toxic or are produced n excess by reactions inside cells. b) Explain the importance of removing metabolic wastes, including carbon dioxide and nitrogenous waste, from the body. The are many substances that need to be excreted - almost any cell product that is formed in excess by the chemical process occurring in the cells must be excreted. However there are two products that are produced in very large amounts. Carbon dioxide from respiration. Nitrogen containing compounds such as urea. Where are these substances produced. Carbon dioxide is produced by every living cell in the body as a result of …show more content…
As blood flows along the sinusoid, in very close contact with liver cells. - able to remove molecules from the blood and pass molecules into the blood. Liver cells. Hepatocytes - simple cubical shape with many microvillus on their surface. Carry out many metabolic reactions - protein synthesis, transformation and storage of carbohydrates, synthesis of cholesterol and bile salts, detoxification Cytoplasm is very dense and is specialised in the amount of certain organelles it contains. Kupffer cells - specialised macrophages. Move about within sinusoids, involved in breaking down and recycling of old RBC. Haemoglobin - one product of breakdown is bilirubin, which is excreted as part of bile. d) outline the formation of urea in the liver. Urea is an excretory product formed by the break down of excess amino acids. The ornithin cycle - process in which ammonia is converted into urea. It occurs partly in the cytosol and partly in the mitochondria, as ATP is used. Formation of urea Excess amino acids cannot be stored - anime group makes them toxic Amino acid contain energy - undergoes deamination and ornithin cycle in the liver Amino acid à ammonia à urea + keto acid. Deamination. Produces ammonia - soluble and toxic. Ammonia must no be allowed to accumulate. It produces an inorganic compound called a keto acid, which can enter respiration directly to release energy. The ornithine
6-3: This process is used by cells to manufacture _biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products__
The light reactions also generate ATP by using chemiosmosis through a process called photosphorylation. The light energy is converted into chemical energy in the form of two compounds, which are NADPH and ATP. The Calvin cycle occurs with the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic molecules in carbon fixation. In this process, the fixed carbon is reduced with electrons provided by NADPH. The Calvin cycle takes place during daylight hours, in which the NADPH and ATP can be provided. The Calvin cycle occurs in the stroma, while the light reactions occur in the thylakoids.
The Cellular respiration and photosynthesis form a critical cycle of energy and matter that supports the continued existence of life on earth. Describe the stages of cellular respiration and photosynthesis and their interaction and interdependence including raw materials, products, and amount of ATP or glucose produced during each phase. How is each linked to specific organelles within the eukaryotic cell? What has been the importance and significance of these processes and their cyclic interaction to the evolution and diversity of life?
It refers to the process of harvesting chemical energy (ATP) from organic molecules (food) into a form immediately usable by organisms. This process is happening all the time in the cytoplasm and mitochondria. The following equation is used during cellular respiration:
The most important waste product produced during cellular respiration in cells is carbon dioxide. Each molecule of glucose produces six molecules of carbon dioxide during aerobic respiration. Carbon dioxide diffuses across the cell membrane into the bloodstream, where it's carried back to the lungs to be released during exhalation. Unlike carbon dioxide, water isn't a waste that requires any specialist disposal since cells and the bloodstream are made up of predominantly water.
The amino acids that are not immediately required are broken down in the liver to make urea; this urea is carried in the bloodstream to the kidneys for elimination of waste.
Hepatocytes are involved in synthesizing proteins, cholesterol, bile salts, fibrinogen, phospholipids and glycoproteins. Additionally, hepatocytes ensure that our
There is a small amount of carbon dioxide and more oxygen in the body because of gases exchange this is where oxygen form the lungs is transferred in to the blood and carried to the heart and when carbon dioxide is carried in to the lungs forms the blood and is exacted outwards by breathing. Mitochondria also need oxygen to create carbon dioxide for the body so the gas exchange can happen again. Outside the body there is a smaller amount of oxygen but it is still higher than CO2.
Oxidation of NADH and FADH2to H2O (and NAD or FAD). Generates H ion concentration gradient and therefore ATP.
Introduction: Cellular respiration and fermentation are used in cells to generate ATP. All cells in a living organism require energy or ATP to perform cellular tasks (Urry, Lisa A., et al. , pg. 162). Since energy can not be created (The first law of thermodynamics) just transformed, the cell must get its energy from an outside source (Urry, Lisa A., et al. , pg.162). “Totality of an organism’s chemical reactions is called metabolism” (Urry, Lisa A., et al., pg. 142). Cells get this energy through metabolic pathways, or metabolism. As it says in Campbell biology, “Metabolic pathways that release stored energy by breaking down complex molecules are called catabolic pathways” (Urry, Lisa A., et al. pg.
Exocrine glands, the liver and the kidneys remove toxins. A toxin is a biological poison. Some toxins are known to be stored in fat cells so it could be true that the more fat we have in our body the more toxic our body may become.
Metabolism is a chemical process that converts fuel from food into energy needed for the body’s activities. For example, thinking, running and jumping etc. are all an example of the bodies activities.
and other substances that are reabsorbed back into the body. It is also responsible for
The living cells throughout the body produce waste products. The nutrients from food are sent to the cells and they are disposed with oxygen to provide energy for the body to function. The disposed nutrients are also waste products. The waste products that are produced are primarily acidic. They are removed from the body through different methods of elimination. Which is why urine and perspiration are acidic.
acids are broken down, they release toxic ammonia (NH3). To rid the body of this