Gluco-regulation Flashcards
1
Q
How is glucose obtained?
A
Glucose is obtained through our diet (carbohydrates), digested and absorbed into plasma in the blood stream
2
Q
What is hypoglycaemia?
A
Too little glucose
3
Q
What is hyperglycaemia?
A
Too much glucose
4
Q
What does the term anaemia suggest?
A
In the blood
5
Q
What does less respiration suggest?
A
Less ATP
6
Q
What is the pancreas?
A
A gland that secretes two hormones:
1. Insulin (p mol/L)
2.glucagon (m mol/L)
7
Q
What is osmosis?
A
Osmosis is the movement of water particles from a high water potential to a lower water potential
8
Q
What does insulin do?
A
Stimulates liver cells to convert glucose to glycogen and stores it
9
Q
What does glucagon do?
A
Stimulates liver cells to convert glycogen to glucose and release it into the blood
