Multiple Choice
The Cori cycle is:
A) the conversion of lactate to pyruvate in skeletal muscle to drive glycogen synthesis.
B) the interconversion between glycogen and glucose l-phosphate.
C) the production of lactate from glucose in peripheral tissues with the resynthesis of glucose from lactate in liver.
D) the synthesis of alanine from pyruvate in skeletal muscle and the synthesis of pyruvate from alanine in liver.
E) the synthesis of urea in liver and degradation of urea to carbon dioxide and ammonia by bacteria in the gut.
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