Gluconeogenesis

Gluconeogenesis is the process of synthesizing glucose or glycogen from carbohydrate precursors

• True

• False

Which one of the following is not a precursor for gluconeogenesis

• glucogenic amino acids

• lactate

• propionate

• glycerol

• nucleic acid

In the Cori cycle, glucose is converted by exercising muscle to lactate, which diffuses into the blood.

This lactate is taken up by the liver and reconverted to glucose, which is released back into the circulation

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Muscle glycogen always use for blood glucose homeostasis

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

When glycogen is degraded, the primary product is .....................

• fructose-6-phosphate

• glucose-3-phosphate

• glucose-1-phosphate

• fructose-1-phosphate