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Animals store glucose in the form of in liver and muscle cells.?
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What is a Highly branched arrangement of glucose molecules found in liver and skeletal muscle cells?
Glycogen Glycogen is storage form of glucose in the liver and skeletal muscles of animals.
Name one hormone and state its function?
* Insulin - released by pancreas - encourages liver and muscle cells to absorb glucose from the blood; stimulates the conversion of glucose ----> glycogen in liver/muscle cells.
Glycogen stored capacity in muscle and liver?
The form of glucose used for storage in animals is glycogen. This is mostly made in the liver and/or muscle cells. The form of storage used in plants is starch.
Liver cells and muscle are able store chains of glucose in a molecule are call?
no
What form during digestion excess glucose is store and liver cells and muscle cells?
As Glycocen xD
What polysaccharide serves as long-term glucose storage in the liver and muscle cells of?
Glycogen
What is the difference between insulin and glucagon?
Insulin signals blood cells like liver and muscle cells. These are used to accelerate the conversion of glucose to glycogen that's stored in the liver. Glucagon attach themselves to liver cells telling them to convert glycogen to glucose and to release glucose into the blood.
What is the difference in the use of muscle glycogen and liver glycogen?
Liver glycogen can easily produce glucose by glycogenolysis and that can be used by local cells for respiration. but as muscle cells lack Glucose-6-phosphate , in muscle glycogen cannot get transferred to glucose and hence cannot be used locally.
When is glycogen formed in the liver?
Glycogen is formed in the liver during the absorptive state. Glycogen is the principal storage form of glucose in animal cells. It is formed in the liver and muscle tissue when there is an excess amount of glucose in the body.
How is excess glucose stored in the body and why is it stored this way?
Glucose is stored in the muscle and liver cells as glycogen. Glycogen is insoluble, unlike glucose. This means it won't affect the osmotic potential of the cells.
Where is glucose stored in the body?
In the human body, glucose is stored in the cells. The function of the stored glucose is the secondary energy storage. The primary energy is stored in the adipose tissue.
