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Glycogen is found in the form of granules in the cytosol in many cell types. ... liver glycogen can be abnormally accumulated or depleted. ...

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What are 2 polysaccharides found in animals?

Glycogen and chitin are two polysaccharides found in animals. Glycogen is a storage form of glucose in animals, while chitin is a structural polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and cell walls of fungi.


What kind of sugar can be found in animals?

the answer is glycogen


Which polysaccharide is found in animal tissue?

glycogen


Which organ in a mammal is responsible for strong glycogen?

Mainly the liver but Glycogen is also found in muscles too.


What organ in a mammal is responsible for storing glycogen?

Mainly the liver but Glycogen is also found in muscles too.


What are the storage forms of carbohydrates found in animals?

The storage forms of carbohydrates found in animals are glycogen in the liver and muscles. Glycogen is a highly branched polymer of glucose that serves as a readily accessible energy source that can be quickly broken down into glucose when needed.


What type of polysaccharide is found in potatoes?

Starch is found potatoes, not Glycogen. Glycogen is the plant equivalent of animal glycogen. A potato has starch but no glycogen; muscle cells have glycogen but no starch. The starch we eat is broken into glucose in the stomach/small intest and then reassembled in the muscle cells as glycogen.


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

Glycogen is the polysaccharide that serves as the main storage form of glucose in the liver and muscles for energy. When energy is needed, glycogen can be broken down to release glucose for use by the body.


Where is glucogen stored?

Glucose is stored as glycogen in muscles and liver.


How much glycogen is found in the muscles?

One third


What is the carbohydrate that is found in abundance in mammalian blood?

Glucose


Where is most of the body's glycogen found?

Most of the body's glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles. The liver stores glycogen for maintaining blood glucose levels, while muscles use glycogen as a source of energy during physical activity.