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- when you eat food and your body breaks down carbohydrates, how does glucose enter your cells? it forms energy outside the cell it passes through transport proteins in the cell membrane it floats through holes in the cell membrane it gets pulled in by the nucleus
Brief Explanations
Glucose is a large - sized polar molecule. The cell membrane is selectively permeable. Transport proteins in the cell membrane, such as glucose transporters (GLUTs), facilitate the movement of glucose across the cell membrane. It cannot simply float through holes or be pulled in by the nucleus, and forming energy outside the cell is not related to its entry mechanism.
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It passes through transport proteins in the cell membrane