KROK 1 2010 – Question 19 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Untrained people often have muscle pain after sprints as a result of lactate accumulation. This might be caused by intensification of the following biochemical process:
- A. Glycogenesis
- B. Glycolysis
- C. Gluconeogenesis
- D. Lipogenesis
- E. Pentose phosphate pathway
Hint
Consider how working muscle makes ATP when oxygen delivery lags behind demand, and what accumulates as the end product.
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