Question

Metabolic water is the one
(a) Used during transamination
(b) Used during photosynthesis
(c) Produced during aerobic utilization of glucose
(d) Produced during condensation or polymerization.

Answer 1

Hint: Metabolism refers to the chemical reactions take place in living organisms for vital functioning of body organs and its part. Metabolic water produced in the living organisms during exercise and heavy work, which helps to maintain the water balance of living organisms.

Complete Answer:
The total of all chemical reactions that take place in living organisms is known as metabolism where both breakdown and making up of chemical bonds take place. In living organisms, the body self produces metabolic water by a metabolic process. Metabolic water gets produced by the energy of food through an oxidation process. During cellular respiration, water gets produced by oxidation of carbohydrates and fat whereas during heavy exercise water gets bonded with glucose and gets released after oxidation. In animals, metabolic water is mostly used up by desert animals because they store water.

Additional information:
Excretion of water is mainly taking place through urine and another condition that is responsible for water loss is cellular evaporation, sweating, changing environmental conditions, and less than one percent water loss takes place through the digestive tract. Hormone vasopressin is responsible to maintain water balance in the body because in case of water loss vasopressin gives signals to restore the water lost by the body.

So, the correct answer is Produced during aerobic utilization of glucose.

Note:
During weight loss, the highest percentage of fat gets converted into carbon dioxide and released through the lungs whereas the remaining fat becomes water or metabolic water. During respiration water loss also takes place because while exhalation oxygen gets released out with small content of body moisture.