Definitions To Know

Notes

Catabolism: The break down of molecules 

→ Catabolism… Catastrophic 

Anabolism: The building of molecules

→ I do not have a fun trick to remember this one, just know it is not catabolism… 

Metabolism: sum of all chemical reactions

→ Met in the middle ; It is both catabolism and anabolism. 

Similarly, a pathway that is amphibolic has both anabolism and catabolism involved! 

→ In greek, amphi- means “both”