What your biochemistry professor thinks happens in your brain vs. what actually happens. The top panel shows the simplified "glucose → ATP" conversion that we all pretend to understand. The bottom panel reveals the horrifying reality of cellular respiration with its Krebs cycle, electron transport chain, and approximately 47 intermediate compounds that no one remembers after the exam. My mitochondria are clearly slacking off.
Cellular Respiration: Expectation vs. Reality
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