Q. Which one of the following mammalian cells is not capable of metabolising glucose to carbon dioxide aerobically?
A) unstriated muscle cells
B) liver cells
C) red blood cells
D) white blood cells
Explanation
[Solution from source] Mature mammalian red blood cells lack mitochondria, so they cannot run the Krebs cycle and electron transport and depend on glycolysis to lactate. Liver, muscle and white blood cells have mitochondria and respire aerobically. Answer (3).
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