NEET 2007 Biology question

Biology Respiration in Plants NEET 2007

Which one of the following mammalian cells is not capable of metabolising glucose to carbon-dioxide aerobically?

(1)Red blood cellsCorrect
(2)White blood cells
(3)Unstriated muscle cells
(4)Liver cells

Answer: (1)

Solution

Mature mammalian red blood cells have no nucleus and no mitochondria, so they cannot carry out the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation; they obtain energy only by anaerobic glycolysis (producing lactic

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