Physiology 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Adipose Tissue, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Adenosine Triphosphate

• School: Western University
• Department: Physiology
• Course: Physiology 2130
• Professor: Valeria Puntorieri

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Last week introduced the process of digestion (the breaking down of foodstuff to. However, both of these processes are useless unless we have a way to extract and store energy from the nutrients that we absorb. This is our fuel that gets us through the day! Generating energy is a bit of a complicated process. Early in this course you learned that energy comes in the form of adenosine triphosphate (atp). That is what powers your na+/k+ atpase pump, your release of actin from myosin and a ton of other activities we take for granted: quick review to of digestion. Proteins are digested and absorbed as amino acids. Carbohydrates are digested and absorbed as monosaccharides (glucose is really all we discuss here) Fats are digested and absorbed as fatty acids and glycerol (monoglycerides and cholesterol as well) These are the fuels that our body can use (amino acids, glucose, fatty acids, glycerol)