Metabolism Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Metabolism.

  • 9 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (9)

1,597 words, approx. 6 pages
Energy Metabolism in Animals and Plants Overview Metabolism focuses on the sum total of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism. Derived from the Greek word metabole, mean... Read more
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Advances in the Understanding of Energy Metabolism Overview Investigation of the chemistry of life had begun in the nineteenth century with the discovery that organic molecules, the chemicals found in... Read more
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Metabolism Metabolism is the sum total of chemical changes that occur in living organisms and which are fundamental to life. Nutrients from the environment are used in two ways by living organisms. Th... Read more
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Metabolism The term metabolism refers to all the chemical changes that take place in the body's tissues when the cells are producing both energy and essential new organic materials. While these metabo... Read more
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Metabolism The term metabolism refers to all the chemical changes that take place in the body's tissues when the cells are producing both energy and essential new organic materials. While these metabo... Read more
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Metabolism Metabolism refers to the highly integrated network of chemical reactions by which living cells grow and sustain themselves. This network is composed of two major types of pathways: anabolis... Read more
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Metabolism Metabolism is the sum total of chemical changes that occur in living organisms and which are fundamental to life. All prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells are metabolically active. The sole exc... Read more
1,066 words, approx. 4 pages
Metabolism The term metabolism refers to all the chemical changes that take place in the body's tissues when the cells are producing both energy and essential new organic materials. While these metabo... Read more
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Metabolism The sum total of biochemical reactions occurring in living organisms by which energy is made available to the organism. Metabolism consists of catabolism, the chemical breakdown of large mo... Read more