The type of carbohydrate stored in animals and its function. Class 10 bio life processes cbse
Answers
Answer: cellulose is the carbohydrate present in animals
Explanation:it helps in digestion of food
Answer:
Glycogen
Explanation:
Glycogen is a polysaccharide of glucose that serves as a form of energy storage in fungi and animals. The polysaccharide structure of glucose shows the primary storage form of glucose in the body. Glycogen is made and stored in the cells of liver and muscles that are hydrated with the four parts of water. It acts as the secondary long-term energy storage. Muscle glycogen is quickly converted into glucose by muscle cells and liver glycogen that converts into glucose for use throughout the body which includes the central nervous system.
Its functions:
* Liver glycogen acts as glucose reserve that hepatocyte release when there is a need to maintain a normal blood sugar levels. There is about 40 kcal in body fluids while hepatic glycogen can provide about 600 kcal after a fasting night.
* Glucose from glycogen stores remains within the cells in skeletal and cardiac muscles and is used as an energy source from muscle work.
* Brain includes a small amount of glycogen in astrocytes. It gets accumulated during sleep and is mobilized upon walking. Glycogen reserves also assure a moderate degree of protection against hypoglycemia.
* It has a specialized role in fetal lung type II pulmonary cells. These cells start to accumulate glycogen at about 26 weeks of gestation and then synthesize pulmonary surfactant.