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Q. The stored food material found in muscles is

Chhattisgarh PMTChhattisgarh PMT 2005

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Hence, these are also called somatic muscles. Glycogen stored as an energy source in the liver and muscles of animals such as humans, is generally much smaller than starch and has branches every $10$ to $12$ glucose sub-units. Glycogen is the reserve food in animals that's why it is also called animal starch. Although humans can potentially store hundred of pounds of fat but less than half a pound of glycogen.