BIOL 4160 : Test 4 Notes
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Glucose requirement, especially for nervous system, is continuous: diabetic patients begin to go crazy when their sugar goes too low; eventually losing consciousness or going into coma. Glycogen = a bunch of glucose muscles that are put together. Glycogenesis = making of glycogen from many glucose-6-phospahte molecules. Glycogen is a carbohydrate and carbohydrates by nature are polar meaning they dissolve in. First you lose glycogen which has 4 oz water attached. When your blood glucose level is low, in-between meals, glycogen is broken down into glucose. Glycogen is a carbohydrate, and is polar which means it holds water weight. Glycogen stores can be used up after a few hours of fasting. New glucose molecules can be synthesized from proteins and fats notes i found on wikipedia gluconeogenesis (making new glucose molecules from non-carbohydrate carbon substrates such as pyruvate, lactate, glycerol . Glycogenolysis is the breakdown of glycogen to glucose 1- phosphate)
