alleryStart learning →The fasting state is called the:
APostadditive state
BPostabsorptive state
CPostadhesive state
DPostabrasive state
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Postabsorptive state
1. It follows once food has been stored.
2. It is the state you are in overnight.
3. The postabsorptive state, or the fasting state, occurs when food has been digested and stored.
4. So the answer is the postabsorptive state.
_Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 24 'Metabolism and Nutrition'_
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