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What is Placenta to fetus glucose is transported by: and explain in detail?
Ans. C Facilitated diffusionRef. Quantitative Human Physiology; An Introduction, pg. 126-27Since the transport of glucose to placenta is via GLUT, it is called a facilitated transfer of glucose. Simple diffusionFacilitated diffusionEnergyNot requiredNot requiredCarrier moleculeNot involvedInvolvedSaturationNot saturable (No Tm)Saturable (has a Tm)FollowsFick's law of diffusionEnzyme-substrate kinetics of Michaelis mentenExample:O2 and CO2 exchange in alveoliGlucose transport by glucose transporters (GLUT)