Anatomy & Physiology
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ISBN: 9781938168130
Author: Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Peter DeSaix, Dean H. Kruse, Brandon Poe, Eddie Johnson, Jody E. Johnson, Oksana Korol, J. Gordon Betts, Mark Womble
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Chapter 24, Problem 21RQ
The postabsorptive state relies on stores of ________ in the ________.
- insulin; pancreas
- glue ago n; p ancre as
- glycogen; liver
- glucose; liver
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