Glycogen Stored in Skeletal Muscle Cannot Provide Glucose to the Bloodstream

question 52

True/False

Glycogen stored in skeletal muscle cannot provide glucose to the bloodstream because skeletal muscle lacks the enzyme glucose -6 -phosphatase.

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