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Grade 12th passZoology

Is lactic acid produce in heart during oxgyen deficiency

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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8 Years ago
During prolonged intensive exercise (e.g. 800m race) the heart may get half its energy from lactic acid. Lactic acid accumulates in muscles as your body is starved of oxygen. But in heart no Lactic acid is formed because muscles are the site of glucose breakdown into Lactic acid.