Question

what is the meaning of catabolism and metabolism

Answer 1

Metabolism in Your Body. ... We can think of metabolism in two separate forms: catabolism and anabolism. Catabolism involves all of the metabolicprocesses that tear down biomolecules, while anabolism is all of the metabolic processes that build biomolecules.

Answer 2

Catabolism (from Greek κάτω kato, "downward" and βάλλειν ballein, "to throw") is the set ofmetabolic pathways that breaks down molecules into smaller units that are either oxidized to release energy or used in other anabolic reactions.