Glycogen that is broken down in the muscle is not released as glucose into the circulation because the muscle lacks

a. phosphorylase
b. glucose-6-phosphatase
c. hexokinase
d. glucose dehydrogenase
e. pyruvate dehydrogenase


b. glucose-6-phosphatase

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