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Q: Who discovered that the liver converts glucose into glycogen and stores it?
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When your body needs energy what does it break down in the liver and what does it release into the bloodstream?

The liver stores glycogen. When the body uses it for energy it converts the glycogen to glucose.


How does glucose work in the liver?

The liver works by producing bile and removing toxins from the blood. It converts glycose into glycogen and even keeps your body core temperature at 27 degrees celsius. It works with the stomach, gallbladder, and small intestines. If your liver fails, toxins build up in your blood stream and you almost certainly die (without a transplant of course).


What does your body turn glucose into?

The liver stores glucose as glycogen and glucose is required for respiration


What stores in the liver?

The liver stores glucose in the form of glycogen which is converted back to glucose again when needed for energy.


What is a polysaccharide that stores energy in your muscles and liver?

I believe its glycogen found in liver and muscles which is made of glucose to give us energy


Glycogen is the form in which?

Glycogen is the form in which animals and humans store glucose. Plants on the other hand store their glucose as starch.


What stores glycogen in a cell?

If your body does not have any use for the glucose, it is converted into glycogen and stored it in the liver and muscles as an energy reserve. Your body can store about a half a day's supply of glycogen. If your body has more glucose than it can use as energy, or convert to glycogen for storage, the excess is converted to fat.


What organ stores excess blood sugar as glycogen?

The liver and skeletal muscle store glucose as glycogen. The liver can make glucose from proteins and release it from glycogen to help keep blood glucose at a normal level when we are fasting.


What part of the body is glycogen stored in?

IntestinesCORRECTION:Muscles contain the most glycogen-- the storage form of glucose-- in the body. The liver comes next.


What is the main form of cabohydrate storage in animals?

Starch No, Starch is how plants store glucose. The human body stores glucose as glycogen.


The human body stores excess gluclose in the liver as?

Glycogen, a branched molecule with many glucose units.


Glycogen is made of?

Glucose. Glycogen is a bunch of glucose molecules strung together in branched chains, unlike starch, which is glucose in long, straight chains. The liver, using Glucagon, a hormone, stores glucose for release later. Glucagon is one of the two main hormones used to control blood sugar.