NEET 2009 · Class 11

Respiration in Plants

Aerobic respiratory pathway is appropriately termed (2009)

  1. (A)parabolic
  2. (B)amphibolic
  3. (C)anabolic
  4. (D)catabolic

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Because the respiratory pathway is involved in both anabolism and catabolism, it would hence be better to consider the respiratory pathway as an **amphibolic pathway** rather than as a catabolic one.

Chapter
Respiration in Plants
Section
12.6 AMPHIBOLIC PATHWAY
Page
9
Words matched
31 of 31

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that the respiratory pathway is involved in both anabolism and catabolism, which directly defines it as an amphibolic pathway, matching the correct answer and distinguishing it from the other options.

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