Answer
Glycogenolysis is the breakdown of glycogen into glucose units. The effect of this process is to increase blood levels of glucose.
Work Step by Step
Glycogenolysis should not be confused with the terms glycolysis, glycogenesis, and gluconeogenesis,
Gluconeogenesis is is the formation of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources like lactic acid and amino acids., and the glycerol portion of fatty acids. Glycogenesis is the process of combining many molecules of glucose to for a molecule of glycogen. Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose to pyruvate or lactate.
