ATP & Respiration: Crash Course Biology #7
In which Hank does some push ups for science and describes the "economy" of cellular respiration and the various processes whereby our bodies create energy in the form of ATP. Crash Course...
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Oh, hello there. I'm at the gym. I don't know why you're here, but I'm going to do somepushups, so you can join me on the floor if you want.Now, I'm not doing this to show off or anything. I'm actually doing this for science.[pained grunt]You see what happened there?My arms moved, my shoulders moved, my back and stomach muscles moved, my heart pumpedblood to all those different places. Pretty neat, huh?Well, it turns out that how we make and use energy is a lot like sports or other kinds of exerciseIt can be hard work and a little bit complicated but if you do it right, it can come with sometremendous payoffs.But unlike hitting a ball with a stick, it's so marvelously complicated and awesome thatwe're still ...
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Oh, hello there. I'm at the gym. I don't know why you're here, but I'm going to do somepushups, so you can join me on the floor if you want.Now, I'm not doing this to show off or anything. I'm actually doing this for science.[pained grunt]You see what happened there?My arms moved, my shoulders moved, my back and stomach muscles moved, my heart pumpedblood to all those different places. Pretty neat, huh?Well, it turns out that how we make and use energy is a lot like sports or other kinds of exerciseIt can be hard work and a little bit complicated but if you do it right, it can come with sometremendous payoffs.But unlike hitting a ball with a stick, it's so marvelously complicated and awesome thatwe're still ...
