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Glucose
Where do animals get glucose for respiration?
Plants form glucose by photosynthesis and animals get glucose by breaking down the food they eat. During cellular respiration, glucose combines with o...
What three tissue asorb most glucose after eating?
What tissue takes up the most glucose?Where is glucose most absorbed?How is glucose stored?Which tissue depends on insulin for glucose transport?Wher...
What in animal cells are glucose molecules that are stored in long chains called?
Plants store carbohydrates in long polysaccharides chains called starch, while animals store carbohydrates as the molecule glycogen. What is a long ch...
What happens to excess glucose in animals?
In normal course, excess glucose gets stored in the liver as glycogen and if the levels are more it gets converted into fat and gets stored in liver a...
Which nutrients do animals digest most quickly into glucose?
Is glucose easily digested?Can glucose be digested by animals?What are the most nutrients absorbed during digestion?What does glucose digest into?Whi...
What stores energy in the form of glycogen?
Glucose is the main source of fuel for our cells. When the body doesn't need to use the glucose for energy, it stores it in the liver and muscles. Thi...
Glucose is what From planats?
Plants use the energy of the sun to change water and carbon dioxide into a sugar called glucose. Glucose is used by plants for energy and to make othe...
Equation for the complete breakdown of glucose to CO2 and H2O?
Overall Chemical Equation Since the breakdown of glucose is a chemical reaction, it can be described using the following chemical equation: C6H12O6 + ...
Where is glycogen stored in humans and other vertebrate animals?
In vertebrates it is stored mainly in the liver as a reserve of glucose for other tissues. In hepatocyte cells it is accumulated and mobilized accordi...