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The brain and liver are the two main obligate glucose users. The brain can use ketone bodies derived from fatty acid beta-oxidation in severe hypoglycemic states (prolonged starvation) after gluconeogenic and glycogenolic mechanisms have been depleted.

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Q: Which organs is classified as obligate glucose consumer?
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