Energy For Exercise

Cards (8)

  • What is an enzyme?
    A biological catalyst which increases the speed of chemical reactions
  • What is creatine kinase?
    An enzyme which catalysers the breakdown of phosphocreatine
  • What is phosphocreatine?
    A high-energy compound stored in the muscle cell and broken down for ATP resynthesis
  • What is the sarcoplasm?
    The cytoplasm or fluid within the muscle cell which holds stores of PC and glycogen and myoglobin
  • What is a mole?
    A unit of substance quantity
  • What is a coupled reaction?
    Where the products of one reaction are used in another reaction
  • What is an exothermic reaction?
    A chemical reaction which produces energy
  • What is an endothermic reaction?
    A chemical reaction which uses energy