The Krebs Cycle
MCAT Basics (from MedSchoolCoach)
English - January 11, 2024 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 222 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness Education Courses becomingaphysician gettingintomedicalschool improvingmcatscore mcat mcatscore medicalschool medschool Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The MCAT Basics Podcast continues its series on Metabolism, and in today's episode, Alex Starks talks about the Krebs cycle, also known as the TCA cycle and Citric Acid cycle. This episode examines the chemistry, biochemistry, and biology of pyruvate metabolism and details how this high-yield MCAT topic will be tested on the AAMC MCAT Exam.
[01:30] Aerobic fate of Pyruvate [03:45] Acetyl-coa in the mitochondrial matrix [04:22] Visualizing the molecules and structure [06:10] The Krebs Cycle [23:56] ATP and The Electron Transport Chain [26:07] Quiz and Important TakeawaysPlease email me if you have any comments or concerns: [email protected]
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