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Ch. 5 - Microbial Metabolism
Bauman - Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy 6th Edition
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Capitolo 5, Problema 9

Why do we breathe oxygen and give off carbon dioxide?

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Understand that breathing is a vital process for cellular respiration, which is how cells produce energy.
Recognize that oxygen is inhaled because it is required for the process of aerobic respiration, where it acts as the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain.
Know that during aerobic respiration, glucose is broken down in the presence of oxygen to produce energy in the form of ATP, along with carbon dioxide and water as byproducts.
Realize that carbon dioxide is produced as a waste product when glucose molecules are metabolized and is expelled from the body through exhalation to maintain homeostasis.
Summarize that we breathe in oxygen to enable energy production in cells and breathe out carbon dioxide to remove the metabolic waste generated during this process.

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