Four primary regions are the brainstem, the cerebellum, the cerebrum, and the cerebral cortex. Each brain region is responsible for a variety of functions, and injury to any of these regions impairs specific functions.
Cellular respiration is a pathway that organisms use to generate energy. Oxygen is required and is used to break down nutrients, like glucose sugar. The nutrients are broken down to generate ATP (energy) and carbon dioxide and water (waste). Organisms from all kingdoms of life can use cellular respiration including bacteria, archaea, plants, protists, animals, and fungi.
When a sugar molecule is broken down, a usable form of energy is released for the cell's life functions. Cells can release energy in two basic processes: cellular respiration and fermentation. Cellular respiration requires oxygen, but fermentation does not.ust as photosynthesis occurs in organelles called chloroplasts, cellular respiration takes place in organelles called mitochondria. Remember that mitochondria are in both plant cells and animal cells, so both kinds of cells release energy through cellular respiration.