Tag: zoology

Trochophore, also called trochosphere, small, translucent, free-swimming larva characteristic of marine annelids and most groups of mollusks. Trochophores are spherical or pear-shaped and are girdled by a ring of cilia (minute hairlike structures), the prototroch, that enables them to swim.  Each segment bears a pair of paddle-like and highly vascularized parapodia, which are used for movement and, in many species, act as the worm's primary respiratory surfaces. Bundles of bristles, called setae, the project from the parapodia.

The part of the respiratory system starting with the external nostrils up to the terminal bronchioles constitutes the conducting part whereas the alveoli and their ducts form the respiratory or exchange part. During swallowing, glottis can be covered by a thin elastic cartilaginous flap called epiglottis to prevent the entry of food into the larynx.

Anaerobic respiration in yeast results in the production of ethyl alcohol, carbon dioxide and energy. $C _6H _{12}O _6 \xrightarrow[Complex]{Zymase} \underset{Ethyl \, alcohol}{2C _2H _5OH} + 2CO _2 + $

• Inhaled air contains more oxygen used to create energy and less carbon dioxide.
•  Exhaled air contains more carbon dioxide produced as a waste product of energy production and less oxygen as it has been used in respiration. Gas exchange takes place by diffusion in the alveoli within the lungs.
•  As a result, the composition of inhaled and exhaled air is different.

Respiration is the process in which nutrients are converted into useful energy in a cell. It is responsible in transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide between cells and the external environment.

Respiration is a catabolic process that takes place in living organisms. In this glucose is broken down in presence of oxygen to generate ATP along with the production of water and evolution of carbon dioxide. It is an exergonic process. Thus the correct answer is option A.

The calorie was first defined to measure energy in the form of heat. These units are often used for the total amount of food energy. Nutritional requirements or intakes are expressed in calories per day. 

Glycolysis is the first step of respiration which converts the glucose molecules into two molecules of pyruvate along with the production of 8 ATP. The two pyruvate molecules produced by the glycolysis enters the Krebs cycle. Each molecule of pyruvate produces 15 ATP. So total 30 ATP is formed during the Krebs cycle. Total 38 ATP is formed during the aerobic respiration.

ATP is an Adenosine triphosphate (ribose sugar, adenine base, and three phosphate groups), where a high energy bond attaches the third phosphate group to the molecule. The highly unstable bonds break to release the inorganic phosphate to fulfill the energy required for the metabolism.