ENDOCRINE ORGANS AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
ENDOCRINE ORGANS
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Question
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(Review..)Hormone that converts stored glycogen to glucose
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glucagon
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glycerol
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cell membrane
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testosterone
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Glucagon is a hormone that triggers liver glycogen to convert back into glucose and to enter your bloodstream so that your body can use it for energy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Specifically, glucagon promotes hepatic conversion of glycogen to glucose (glycogenolysis), stimulates de novo glucose synthesis (gluconeogenesis), and inhibits glucose breakdown (glycolysis) and glycogen formation (glycogenesis) (Fig. 5) (26).
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