Energy storage, liberation, transfer and utilization Glycogen y Energy for 1 Synthesis and growth Glucose 2 Muscular contraction ATP 3 Glandular secretion Lactic acid Pyruvic acid 4 Nerve conduction 5 Active absorption 6 Etc Acetyl-CoA Deaminated Phosphocreatine amino acids AMP Other substrates CO2+ H2o Creatine + Po FIGURE 72-1 Overall schema of energy transfer from foods to the adenylic acid system and then to the functional elements of the cells(Modified from Soskin, Levine: Carbohydrate Metabolism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press O1946, 1952 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.Energy storage, liberation, transfer and utilization