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The liver works by producing bile and removing toxins from the blood. It converts glycose into glycogen and even keeps your body core temperature at 27 degrees celsius. It works with the stomach, gallbladder, and small intestines. If your liver fails, toxins build up in your blood stream and you almost certainly die (without a transplant of course).
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe liver acts as the body's glucose reservoir. The liver stores glucose as glycogen, based on what your body needs. When you are eating, your liver stores glucose (as glycogen) for when your body needs it. When you are not eating, the liver supplies glycogen to the body. The glycogen breaks down to glucose so the cells can use it.
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∙ 12y agoIt isn't the liver that converts glucose to glycogen but the islets of langerhans aka pancreas. in the pancreas you have alpha and beta cells. the beta cells secrete insulin which acts on the glucose in the body to form glycogen.
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What doest the liver remove from the bloodstream?
The liver removes glucose
Does insulin mobilize liver glycogen to yield glucose?
No, insulin stimulates the liver to produce glycogen from glucose. Glucagon mobilizes liver glycogen to yield glucose.
Glucose is stored in the liver as?
how Diabetic Ketoacidosis evolves and how the body compensates for the acid
What hormone causes liver cells to release glucose?
The hormone glucagon stimulates the liver to release glucose into the blood when glucose levels are low.
What organ relies most critically on a steady supply of glucose?
That would be the liver. The liver stocks glucose as glycogen which can be broken down to glucose.
Where is glucose-6-phosphatase located in liver cells?
glucose-6-phosphatase is not found in the liver. it is found in the muscles
What stores in the liver?
The liver stores glucose in the form of glycogen which is converted back to glucose again when needed for energy.
Where is glucogen stored?
Glucose is stored as glycogen in muscles and liver.
What part of the body is glycogen stored in?
IntestinesCORRECTION:Muscles contain the most glycogen-- the storage form of glucose-- in the body. The liver comes next.
What does your body turn glucose into?
The liver stores glucose as glycogen and glucose is required for respiration
What does insulin cause the liver to change glucose into?
Insulin causes the glucose in your blood to enter the cells for energy. It does not cause the liver to change glucose into anything. Your liver does, however, store extra sugar in the form of glucagon.
What is produced in the liver from glucose and is stored in the liver and used as energy?
glycogen
