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Postby 2810712 on Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:45 am

Some of my friends say that digection includes metabolism - they mean what does happen in tract is metabolism,
I disagree, this i've mentioned in Mb-guous Mcqs post . Please help me get it clear.

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Postby mith on Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:13 pm

Digestion is only the breaking down of food, metabolism is actually using the food.
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Postby biostudent84 on Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:38 pm

Isn't the process of cellular respiration also using the food?
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Postby Poison on Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:51 pm

In cellular respiration you gain ATP. Isn't ATP a difference?
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Postby thank.darwin on Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:22 pm

biostudent84 wrote:Isn't the process of cellular respiration also using the food?


Yes it is - No food, no cellular respiration :D
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Postby 2810712 on Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:40 am

Good question , first of all.
Digestion is extracellular while metabolism is intra.



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