The document summarizes the three main stages of cellular respiration: glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation. Glycolysis breaks down glucose in the cytosol, producing 2 pyruvate molecules, 2 ATP, and 2 NADH. The pyruvate then enters the mitochondria where the citric acid cycle generates carbon dioxide, NADH, FADH2, and 1 ATP per turn of the cycle. Finally, oxidative phosphorylation uses the electron transport chain and chemiosmosis to produce ATP from the NADH and FADH2, using the energy from electron transfers to pump hydrogen ions across the inner mitochondrial membrane and drive ATP synthase.