Blood Glucose

Question 1

Which foods contain glucose?

Answer 1

Sugars and carbohydrates

Question 2

Where does glucose diffuse into the bloodstream?

Answer 2

Small intestine

Question 3

What organ monitors blood glucose levels?

Answer 3

Pancreas

Question 4

Is it insulin or glucagon that tells the liver to create glycogen when blood glucose levels are too high?

Answer 4

Insulin

Question 5

What is glycogen and why is it made?

Answer 5

Glycogen is what the liver creates in order to lower blood glucose levels. Glycogen is made from long chains of glucose which are too large to diffuse into the bloodstream

Question 6

What is the chemical structure of glucose?

Answer 6

C6 H12 O6

Question 7

What does the pancreas do when blood glucose levels are too low?

Answer 7

Sends glucagon into the bloodstream

Question 8

Once the liver receives glucagon, it…

Answer 8

Breaks down the glycogen from earlier into glucose, and that diffuses into the bloodstream.

Question 9

Type 1 diabetes is when the liver is unable to detect insulin. True or false?

Answer 9

False, it is when the pancreas cannot produce insulin

Question 10

A way of dealing with type 2 diabetes is paying careful attention to diet.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Insulin shots help which type of diabetes?

Answer 11

Type 1, because the body needs insulin