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What pathway uses fat reserves to produce ATP?
aerobic respiration
anaerobic respiration
creatine phosphate
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Aerobic respiration.
Fats are broken down by beta-oxidation to acetyl‑CoA, which enters the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain (oxidative phosphorylation) to generate ATP — a process that requires oxygen. Anaerobic pathways and creatine phosphate do not use fat reserves.
Fats are broken down by beta-oxidation to acetyl‑CoA, which enters the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain (oxidative phosphorylation) to generate ATP — a process that requires oxygen. Anaerobic pathways and creatine phosphate do not use fat reserves.
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