Term

Where in the cell does respiration mainly happen

Definition

The mitochondria

Term

What is glycogen?

Definition

Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in your muscles and liver.

Term

Why do you think the body stores glucose as glycogen instead of just keeping lots of glucose floating around in the blood?

Definition

So that the glucose is safe to store for later purposes and it doesn't float around because that would make the concentration of glucose too high