Chapter 12, Problem 31RA

Summary Introduction

To review:

The importance of high-energy phosphates stored in muscles in the form of creatine phosphate during exercise and the results of muscles in the absence of ATP (adenosine triphosphate).

Introduction:

The contraction and relaxation of muscles results in body movements. During exercise or workout, the contraction of muscles occurs at a high rate. The energy required for metabolic activities in the form of ATP is released from the glucose molecules that enter from the blood plasma or from the breakdown of stored glycogen in the muscles.