Describe the path followed by glucose from the time of absorption in the ileum until it enters a muscle cell in the leg.
Answer:
-Glucose enters in the hepatic portal vein; which carries it to the liver; for regulation, then into hepatic vein; to the vena cava; to the right atrium/ auricle; through tricuspid valve; into the right ventricle; through semi-lunar valve; and pulmonary artery; into the lungs; through pulmonary vein; into the left atrium; through bicuspid valve; into left ventricle; through semi-lunar valve and aorta; to the muscle in the leg;