Control Of Blood Glucose Levels

Question 1

What reacts to rise in glucose levels

Answer 1

Pancreas

Question 2

Describe what happens when glucose levels too high

Answer 2

• pancreas releases insulin into blood stream
• insulin binds to receptors on certain cells
• tells those cells to take in glucose from blood
  Usually binds to liver and muscle cells
  = take up glucose molecules and turn into glycogen

Question 3

What happens when glucose too low

Answer 3

Pancreas releases hormone glucagon into bloodstream
Binds to many cells but mainly liver cells
Takes glycogen from liver cells and breaks down into glucose
Release glucose into blood

Question 4

How to treat each diabetes

Answer 4

type 1
= no insulin produced
type 2 cells
= doesn’t respond to insulin
type 1 is treated with injections of insulin
type 2 is treated with diet and exercise