Multiple choice

In humans, the largest energy reserve is

  1. liver glycogen

  2. muscle glycogen

  3. blood glucose

  4. adipose tissue triacylglycerol
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D Correct answer
Explanation

While glycogen stored in the liver and muscles provides short-term energy reserves, adipose tissue stores large amounts of triacylglycerols (fats), which serve by far as the largest and most abundant long-term energy reserve in the human body.

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