The form in which glucose is stored in liver and muscle cells is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The form in which glucose is stored in liver and muscle cells is:
A. Sucrose
B. Starch
C. Glycogen
D. Cellulose
Answer: Option C
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Glycogen is a highly branched polysaccharide of glucose, the storage form in animals, found mainly in the liver and skeletal muscles. Starch is the plant equivalent. Cellulose is structural in plants, sucrose is a disaccharide. Glycogen can be rapidly mobilized to maintain blood glucose.

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