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write the chemical equation for anerobic respiration in muscles.

Anaerobic respiration is the type of cell respiration that takes place in the absence of oxygen. This types of respiration occurs in yeast cells and our muscle cells after a strenuous exercise. The reaction of anaerobic respiration in muscles is given below:

Glucose   →     Lactic acid + Energy
C6H12O6    →   2C3H6O3  + Energy

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ot enough oxygen may reach the muscles during exercise. When this happens, they use anaerobic respiration to obtain energy.

Anaerobic respiration involves the incomplete breakdown of glucose. It releases around 5% of the energy released by aerobic respiration, per molecule of glucose. The waste product is lactic acid rather than carbon dioxide and water:

glucose → lactic acid (+ little energy)

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