Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11877-456-6
ISBN 13: 978-1-11877-456-4

Chapter 25 - Metabolism and Nutrition - Figure 25.10 - Page 951: 1

Answer

Skeletal muscles can also synthesize glycogen. However, they cannot release glucose into the blood stream.

Work Step by Step

This inability is due to the fact that skeletal muscles lack the enzyme phosphatase, which cleaves phosphate group from glucose (glucose-PO4).
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