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A) removed from the body via the urine.
B) stored in the short term as glycogen.
C) converted to fat for short-term storage.
D) converted to protein and used to build muscle.
E) incorporated into the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA.


B) stored in the short term as glycogen.

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