How do you know that only lactic acid is produced when the muscles in our body respire anaerobically?

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During strenuous muscular exercise, our body requires instant energy and it is fulfilled through anaerobic respiration. Since anaerobic respiration is a two-step process, it gives energy faster. Thus, muscle cells break down glucose to produce lactic acid and energy. A lot of lactic acid gets accumulated in our muscles and this causes muscle cramps . Thus, by getting muscle cramps, we come to know that lactic acid has been formed in our muscles.

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Q. Our muscles get muscle cramp because our muscles can respire anaerobically, resulting in the formation of lactic acid. How does this lactic acid help? How?

Question 1
Sometimes when we do heavy exercise, anaerobic respiration takes place in our muscle cells. What is produced during this process?

(a) Alcohol and lactic acid
(b) Alcohol and $C O_{2}$
(c) Lactic acid and $C O_{2}$
(d) Lactic acid only

Statement 1: After exercising, we feel fatigue.

Statement 2: Our body undergoes anaerobic respiration and produces lactic acid.

Q. Assertion :Anaerobic respiration sometimes occurs in our skeletal muscles during strenous exercise. Reason: Pyruvic acid is reduced to lactic acid by lactate dehydrogenase in the absence of oxygen.

Lactic acid is produced in anaerobic respiration.

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