Immediately after a meal, newly digested and absorbed dietary carbohydrate in the form of glucose enters
a. the lymph and goes to the thoracic duct
b. the portal vein and goes first to the liver
c. the main artery system and goes to muscle
d. the Krebs cycle
Answer: b. the portal vein and goes first to the liver
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