General Biology I · Module 6 · Cellular respiration

Cellular Respiration Walkthrough

Follow one glucose molecule from a runner's bloodstream into a muscle cell and a mitochondrion: watch its carbons leave as carbon dioxide, electrons hop down the transport chain, protons pile up and ATP synthase spin. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · General Biology I Study Tools · Drawings are simplified and not to scale. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Molecules are drawn as coloured beads and animations are sped up a great deal. ATP yields are textbook bookkeeping estimates. Practise next in the Cellular Respiration Lab.