Medical Records Technician Job Description. Responsible for maintaining the files included in a patient's health information portfolio, including medical history, symptoms, examination results, diagnostic tests, treatment methods, and other services. 1  Organize and manage patients' health information data.  Ensure paperwork is properly filled out.
Glycolysis is an oxygen independent metabolic pathway, meaning that it does not use molecular oxygen (i.e. atmospheric oxygen) for any of its reactions. However the products of glycolysis (pyruvate and NADH + H +) are sometimes disposed of using atmospheric oxygen. When molecular oxygen is used in the disposal of the products of glycolysis the process is usually referred to as aerobic, whereas if the disposal uses no oxygen the process is said to be anaerobic. Thus, glycolysis occurs, with variations, in nearly all organisms, both aerobic and anaerobic.
Glycolysis is a metabolic process that yields ATP. You should note that an oxidation step, using NAD as the oxidizing agent, occurs in this metabolic sequence. Molecular oxygen is not used anywhere in this process and this is why glycolysis is described as an anaerobic process. Glycolysis can in fact occur in the presence of molecular oxygen, as is seen in the erythrocyte, but oxygen is not needed for this process and can not be used even if it is present. You will see that in this scheme lactate is the product of this route for the anaerobic use of glucose for ATP synthesis.