Which one of the mammalian cells is incapable of metabolising glucose to carbon dioxide aerobically?
A
WBC
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B
RBC
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C
Liver cells
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D
Unstriated muscle cells
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Solution
The correct option is B RBC The correct option is B
Mature RBC are enucleated and does not have mitochondria and other cell organelles, mitochondria is the site of aerobic respiration, so due to lack of mitochondria RBC cannot do aerobic respiration and cannot catabolise glucose.