- lipids,
nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates; and the
elimination of
metabolic wastes.
These enzyme-catalyzed
reactions allow organisms to grow and reproduce...
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Metabolic acidosis is a
serious electrolyte disorder characterized by an
imbalance in the body's acid-base balance.
Metabolic acidosis has
three main...
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Metabolic syndrome is a
clustering of at
least three of the
following five
medical conditions:
abdominal obesity, high
blood pressure, high
blood sugar...
- In biochemistry, a
metabolic pathway is a
linked series of
chemical reactions occurring within a cell. The reactants, products, and
intermediates of an...
- A
metabolic disorder is a
disorder that
negatively alters the body's
processing and
distribution of macronutrients, such as proteins, fats, and carbohydrates...
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Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of
energy expenditure per unit time by
endothermic animals at rest. It is
reported in
energy units per unit time...
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Metabolic wastes or
excrements are
substances left over from
metabolic processes (such as
cellular respiration)
which cannot be used by the
organism (they...
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Metabolic alkalosis is an acid-base
disorder in
which the pH of
tissue is
elevated beyond the
normal range (7.35–7.45). This is the
result of decreased...
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Metabolic typing is a
pseudoscience whose proponents believe that each
person has a
unique metabolism, and that the
proportion of
macromolecules (proteins...
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Metabolic age is
calculated by
comparing one's
basal metabolic rate to the
average of one's
chronological age group. All the
components in the body require...
