Biology GCSE
Liver function and glucose recycling
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In the liver, hepatocytes use oxygen in reactions that convert lactic acid back into glucose, which can be released into the blood and used by muscles, completing a recycling loop.
Topics that use Liver function and glucose recycling
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Related terms
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration and lactic acid production
- Breath volume
- glycogen
- Incomplete oxidation of glucose
- Insufficient oxygen supply
- lactic acid
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