alleryStart learning →What is the process that breaks glycogen down when blood glucose falls?
AGluconeogenesis
BGlycosylation
CGlycogenolysis
DGlycogenesis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Glycogenolysis
1. Glycogen acts as a glucose reserve in liver and muscle.
2. Whenever blood glucose levels decrease, that reserve is broken down to release glucose.
3. The name given to this breakdown is glycogenolysis, where lysis marks the splitting.
4. Glycogenesis would describe building the store rather than spending it, so it names the opposite direction.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 "Biological Macromolecules", section 3.2 Carbohydrates_
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