NEET Biology question

Read the following statements and select the correct option. Statement 1: The glycogen of the liver is the principal source of blood sugar in case of emergency. Statement 2: Blood sugar level falls rapidly after hepatectomy.

(A)Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.Correct
(B)Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect.
(C)Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct.
(D)Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.

Answer: (A)

Solution

Statement 1 is true: liver glycogen is the body's chief rapidly mobilisable glucose reserve, and glucagon/epinephrine-triggered hepatic glycogenolysis is the principal immediate source of blood glucose in an emergency (stress/fasting) response, since only the liver (unlike muscle) has glucose-6-phosphatase to

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