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Title
Muscle metabolism including creatine, adenosine diphosphate (ADP), adenosine triphosphate (ATP), aerobic respiration, oxygen, pyruvate, blood glucose, muscle glycogen, lactic acid, pyruvic acid, and essential fatty acids.

Summary
Aerobic respiration, also known as cellular respiration, is the breakdown of glucose in the presence of oxygen (O2) to produce carbon dioxide, water, and ATP. Approximately 95% of the ATP required for resting or moderately active muscles is provided by aerobic respiration, which takes place in mitochondria.

Source
10.3 Muscle Fiber Contraction and Relaxation, OpenStax. Cite this as: