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4. The word "glycolysis" is essential to understanding cellular respiration.

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The conversion of glucose to lactate is known as anaerobic glycolysis, since it does not require oxygen. However, it is not true to say that human metabolism (apart from red blood cells) is ever wholly anaerobic.

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