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Glycolysis

The process of breaking sugar into pyruvate, occurring in the cytoplasm without oxygen, generating 2 ATP and 2 NADH.

Pyruvate Oxidation

The process where pyruvate from glycolysis is converted into Acetyl-CoA, producing 2 NADH.

Krebs Cycle (Citric Acid Cycle)

An energy-extracting cycle that produces 2 ATP, 6 NADH, and 2 FADH2 molecules while releasing CO2 as waste.

Oxidative Phosphorylation

A stage in cell metabolism where NADH and FADH2 pass electrons through the Electric Transport Train, leading to the formation of 34 ATP and H2O.

Anaerobic process

A process that occurs without the presence of oxygen.

Acetyl-CoA

A molecule formed from pyruvate during pyruvate oxidation that serves as fuel for the Krebs cycle.

Electric Transport Train

A series of protein complexes in the mitochondrial membrane that pass electrons from NADH and FADH2, facilitating ATP production.

Final outcome of glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, Krebs cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation

From one glucose molecule, a total of lots of ATP is generated.