Answer
The carbon skeleton of glucose has six carbon atoms.
Work Step by Step
Glucose is a hexose sugar, so there are six carbon atoms in the structural representation of the backbone of the molecule.
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)
by Tortora, Gerard J.
Published by
Wiley
ISBN 10:
1-11877-456-6
ISBN 13:
978-1-11877-456-4
Chapter 2 - The Chemical Level of Organization - Figure 2.13 - Page 43: 2
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