If No Food Is Eaten for More Than a Few

question 22

Multiple Choice

If no food is eaten for more than a few hours,gluconeogenesis occurs,forming glucose from:

• A)stored amino acids.
• B)functioning body protein.
• C)fatty acid deposits in adipose tissue.
• D)glycogen stores.

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Definitions:

Metabolic Rate

The rate at which the body expends energy or burns calories, crucial for maintaining bodily functions and activities.

Protein Synthesis

The process by which cells construct proteins, directed by the genetic information carried in DNA and facilitated by ribosomes.

Gene Action

The process by which genes are expressed as observable traits, involving transcription, translation, and the subsequent functioning of proteins.

Pairs Of Chromosomes

Sets of two chromosomes, one from each parent, present in most non-sex cells of an organism, totaling 46 in humans.