Question: The storage form of glucose in the body is…
Options:
Glycogen
Starch
Cellulose
Chitin
📌 Other Options Explanations:
-(B) Starch: This is the storage form of glucose in plants.
-(C) Cellulose: This is a structural polysaccharide in plants, forming the cell walls.
-(D) Chitin: This is a structural polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi.
🔑Key Points:
-The liver and muscles, store any excess glucose as a substance called glycogen.
-Your body uses glycogen for fuel between meals.
-Insulin converts excess glucose to glycogen in the liver.Â
-During absorption and digestion, the carbohydrates in the food we eat are reduced to their simplest form, glucose.
-Excess glucose is then removed from the blood, with the majority of it being converted into glycogen, the storage form of glucose, by the liver's hepatic cells via a process called glycogenesis.
-Insulin helps control blood glucose levels by signaling the liver and muscle and fat cells to take in glucose from the blood.
-Insulin, therefore, helps cells to take in glucose to be used for energy.
-If the body has sufficient energy, insulin signals the liver to take up excess glucose and store it as glycogen.