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Where is glucogen made?

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The liver

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Is glucogen an example of an isotope?

Glycogen is a compound. Anybody ever hear of glucogen.


Which gland converts glycogen to glucose?

Glucogen


Where is glycogen turned to glucogen at?

The pancreas secretes "glucagon," not glucogen, to reverse hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) which then turns stored glycogen from the liver into glucose.


What does glucagon do?

from what i know the function of glucagon is to convert glucogen into glucose when there is deficiency of glucose in the body where the glucogen is the access glucose which converted by the insulin


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Insulin decrease body glucose level.Glucogon increases body glucose level.


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Glucose is stored as glycogen in muscles and liver.


Where do red blood cell go in the body to get glucose?

if u mean glucogen (the stored form of glucose) they get it through the liver


Explain how the blood sugar gets back to normal from being low?

Your blood sugar will become low once you are fasting, and when that happens the alpha cells of the islets of Langerhans will allow glucogen to be release. Glucogen promotes the conversions of glycogen to glucose, which is released into the blood. As glycogen is converted to glucose in the liver the blood sugar level returns to normal.


The liver store glucose in what form?

Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles, and is second to fats as long-term energy storage.


What organelle converts glucose into glycogen?

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