LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Excess glucose is converted to glycogen by insulin. The process is called glycogenesis. Glycogenesis is the method of preserving excess glucose for subsequent use by the body. Glycogenolysis occurs when a person requires energy and prefers glucose as a source of energy.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Glycogen, the multibranched polysaccharide of glucose in humans, is how glucose gets stored by the body and mostly found in the liver and skeletal muscle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Excess glucose gets stored in the liver as glycogen or, with the help of insulin, converted into fatty acids, circulated to other parts of the body and stored as fat in adipose tissue. When there is an overabundance of fatty acids, fat also builds up in the liver.

Detailed explanation-5: -Glucagon’s role in the body is to prevent blood glucose levels dropping too low. To do this, it acts on the liver in several ways: It stimulates the conversion of stored glycogen (stored in the liver) to glucose, which can be released into the bloodstream.