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Does the liver store excess blood sugar as glycogen?

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What organ stores excess blood sugar as glycogen?

The liver and skeletal muscle store glucose as glycogen. The liver can make glucose from proteins and release it from glycogen to help keep blood glucose at a normal level when we are fasting.


In what organ do animals store excess sugar?

Liver as glycogen


What is the storage form of glucose?

Animals store excess glucose in their liver as a large compound called glycogen. Plants store extra glucose in their starch.


What is excess glucose stored as?

glycogen


Glucose is stored in the liver and muscles as a large polysaccharide called?

Glycogen. Plants store energy in starch.... Mammals store their excess energy in glycogen.


How do animals store glucose?

Most animals store glucose as glycogen in liver and muscles .


What signals the liver to store or release glucose?

Glucagon is a hormone created by the pancreas that signals the liver to release glucose when the blood sugar level is dangerously low by converting glycogen (glucose converted for long term "storage") into glucose in the process known as glycogenolysis. Insulin is the hormone created by the pancreas that tells the liver to convert excess glucose into glycogen when the blood sugar level is high in the process known as glycogenesis.


Does the pituatary gland store glycogen?

No, glycogen is stored by the liver and skeletal muscle


The liver store glucose in what form?

Glycogen is stored in the liver and muscles, and is second to fats as long-term energy storage.


What is the main carbohydrate reserve in animals?

Liver and muscles store carbohydrate .


Where is the largest Glycogen store?

the liver and muscle cells


Glycogen is the form in which?

Glycogen is the form in which animals and humans store glucose. Plants on the other hand store their glucose as starch.