When fats are used as an energy source, the fatty acids are broken down to acetyl-CoA. That means that fats bypass the reactions of ___ and enter the respiratory pathway at ________

A. glycolysis; the citric acid cycle
B. fermentation; glycolysis
C. the citric acid cycle; oxidative
phosphorylation
D. the citric acid cycle; glycolysis
E. oxidative phosphorylation; fermentation


A

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