AEROBIC METABOLISM
PYRUVIC ACID (3 C FRAGMENT) ENTERS MITOCHONDRIA
COMBINES WITH COENZYME A LOOSING A CO2 AND BECOMING ACETYL COENZYME A (2 C FRAGMENT)
THIS FRAGMENT ENTERS A CYCLIC REACTION SCHEME, THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE, ATP IS PRODUCED
PRODUCTS OF THE CITRIC ACID CYCLE ENTER THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN, MORE ATP IS PRODUCED BY OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION
ULTIMATELY, 34 MORE ATP’S ARE PRODUCED