KROK 1 2015 – Question 11 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry

Untrained people often have muscle pain after sprints as a result of lactate accumulation. This can be caused by intensification of the following biochemical process:

  1. A. Glycolysis
  2. B. Glycogenesis
  3. C. Gluconeogenesis
  4. D. Lipogenesis
  5. E. Pentose phosphate pathway
Hint

Think about how a muscle makes ATP during a brief maximal effort when oxygen supply lags behind, and what that route yields as its end product.

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