What is the term used for the metabolic pathway in which glucose ( $C_{16} O_{12} H_{6}$ $C_16O_12H_6$ ) is degraded to carbon dioxide? ( $C O_{2}$ $CO_2$ ) and water?

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Answer 1 · 2015-10-11T16:46:12

The process you are describing is called cellular respiration.

Cellular respiration is when the body takes glucose and breaks it down into carbon dioxide and water while releasing energy in the form of ATP.

To learn more, please refer to the link above on cellular respiration and these Socratic questions: the goal of cellular respiration and what is absorbed in cellular respiration.

What is the term used for the metabolic pathway in which glucose (C16O12H6C_16O_12H_6) is degraded to carbon dioxide? (CO2CO_2) and water?