Question

What hormone stimulates glycogenolysis?

Answer 1

Glycogenolysis:

1. During glycogenolysis, glycogen is broken down into smaller glucose units in the liver and muscles.
2. This process occurs when our body needs to raise blood sugar or prepare for a critical situation in a fight or flight reaction (muscle glycogenolysis).
3. When we eat, excess blood sugar absorbed by anabolism from different food sources will be converted by different hormones into glycogen for storage in the muscles and liver. It is created to create a glucose-producing energy store that can be used in an emergency or when blood sugar levels drop in a person.
4. Therefore, we can easily conclude that glycogenolysis occurs in the liver and muscle.
5. Glycogenolysis is the process by which glycogen, the main carbohydrate stored in an animal's liver and muscle cells, is broken down into glucose for immediate energy supply and the maintenance of fasting blood sugar levels.
6. Glycogenolysis mainly occurs in the liver and is stimulated by the hormones glucagon and epinephrine (adrenaline).