Link to the Cellular Respiration song

 Cellular Respiration song to Black Eyed Peas " I Gotta a Feeling"

Three Day Dietary Log and Total Energy Needs.

Calorimetric Lab

 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family

The Stages of Cellular Respiration

 Stage 1: Glycolysis

Grooming Phase happens when pyruvate itself does not enter the citric acid cycle. A carboxyl group is removed from pyruvate and given off as a molecule of CO2. The two carbon compound remaining is oxidized while a molecule of NAD is reduced to NADH ; and a compound called coenzyme A , derived from a B vitamin, joins with the two carbon group to form a molecule called acetyl coenzyme A.
For each molecule of glucose that enters glycolysis, two molecules of pyruvate are produced. These are oxidized, and then two molecules of acetyl CoA enter the citric acid cycle.

Stage 2: 

The Krebs Cycle also known as the Citric Acid Cycle occurs in the mitochondrial matrix.

Stage 3: The Electron Transport Chain and Chemiosmosis

Chapter 6: How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy

The Mitochondrion

Draw and label the picture. It will help with understanding the process.

Permeability Lab

 

Tonicity: Hypertonic, Hypotonic, and Isotonic Solutions.

The importance of tonicity and the tragic real life scenario mentioned in class:

Woman Dies After Water Contest. 

Court Settlement after water poisoning death

Below is a video link with the details of what happens during Water Poisoning.  It is based on the real  case of the "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" story.  This video explains in details what happens inside the body. It also explains how the condition can be treated.

Hold Your Wee for a WII

WATER INTOXICATION, ALSO KNOWN AS WATER POISONING, OVERHYDRATION, OR WATER TOXEMIA IS A POTENTIALLY FATAL DISTURBANCE IN BRAIN FUNCTIONS THAT RESULTS WHEN THE NORMAL BALANCE OF ELECTROLYTES IN THE BODY IS PUSHED OUTSIDE SAFE LIMITS BY EXCESSIVE WATER INTAKE.  

Endurance sports

Marathon runners are susceptible to water intoxication if they drink too much while running. This is caused when sodium levels drop below 135 μmol/L when athletes consume large amounts of fluid. This has been noted to be the result of the encouragement of excessive fluid replacement by various guidelines. This has largely been identified in marathon runners as a dilutional hyponatremia.^[5] A study conducted on participants of the 2002 Boston Marathon found that thirteen percent finished the race with hyponatremia. The study concluded that the strongest predictor of hyponatremia ( low sodium levels in the blood) was weight gain while racing (over-hydration), and hyponatremia was just as likely to occur in runners who chose sports drinks as those who chose water.^[5] Medical personnel at marathon events are trained to suspect water intoxication immediately when runners collapse or show signs of confusion.

The information above explaining water intoxication was copied from Wikipedia.