Question

Adrenalin (epinephrine) is the "fight-or-flight hormone". One of its physiological roles is to mobilize fuel stores in preparation for activity. Given this, which of the following does NOT typically occur in response to the release of adrenalin? A) Glycolysis in the muscle B) Glycogen synthesis in the liver C) Gluconeogenesis in the liver D) Glycogen breakdown in the muscle

Answer 1

Answer:

B) Glycogen synthesis in the liver

Explanation:

Adrenaline (epinephrine) is the hormone which is released in the situation of stress like fight-or-flight and causes sympathetic autonomic nervous system (ANS) to get activated. At the time of fear/fright or during fight we need more energy. In case of fright like when we see a lion, we need more energy so as to run while in case of fight we need more energy to act. So in these situations our body causes stored energy reserves to breakdown so that more and more ATP could be produced. Glycolysis in muscles, glycogen breakdown in muscles and gluconeogenesis in the liver, all these processes produce ATP in our body but option C which talks about glycogen synthesis will not lead to the production of ATP in the body in response to release of adrenaline.