Muscle Lactate Is Converted to Glucose in the Liver and Returned

question 51

Multiple Choice

Muscle lactate is converted to glucose in the liver and returned to the muscle by means of the _____.

• A) malate-aspartate shuttle
• B) electron transport chain
• C) Cori cycle
• D) pentose phosphate pathway

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