By which processes does glucose enter the cell?

active transport and diffusion. Examples of each would be that glucose is actively transported against its concentration gradient from the gut into the intestinal epithelial cells. Glucose is transported by facilitated diffusion across plasma membranes down its concentration gradient.

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