EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -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. This stored form of glucose is made up of many connected glucose molecules and is called glycogen.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your body mainly uses the store of glycogen in your liver to help regulate your blood glucose (sugar) levels. Your body normally carefully regulates your blood glucose primarily with the hormones glucagon and insulin. When your blood glucose levels fall too low (hypoglycemia), your pancreas releases more glucagon.

Detailed explanation-3: -Glycogen is stored in the liver. When the body needs more energy, certain proteins called enzymes break down glycogen into glucose.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glycogen is the stored form of a simple sugar called glucose. Your body gets glucose from the food you eat (mostly from carbohydrates) and uses it as fuel for your cells. If you have extra glucose in your blood, your body stores it as glycogen for later use.

Detailed explanation-5: -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 according to blood glucose availability and to extrahepatic cells. Glycogen is also stored in muscles and fat cells.