Question

List the blood vessels and chambers of the heart through which:
a) molecule of glucose absorbed through the gut passes on its way to an active muscle in the leg.
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b) a red blood passes as it delivers oxygen from the lungs to the brain and return to be oxygenated.

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Answer 1

Answer:

a) Glucose, galactose and fructose are tranported out of the enterocyte through another hexose transporter (called GLUT-2) in the basolateral membrane. These monosaccharides then diffuse "down" a concentration gradient into capillary blood within the villus