Organ which stores carbohydrates as glycogen in the human body is
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Your is a organ where carbohydrates are stored for later use.
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- Glucose is stored in the form of glycogen in animals. The two main site of storage of glycogen is liver and muscles.
- The excess glucose is linked together as a multibranched polysaccharide to serve for long term energy reserve, Muscle glycogen is kept as an immediate resource of energy as and when required.
- As during exercising muscle glycogen is broken to glucose which via glycolysis produces energy for the exercise.
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