Insulin + Glucagon

Question 1

What is the function of insulin and glucagon?

Answer 1

They control the availability of glucose within the body

Question 2

Glucose in the body should be between

Answer 2

70 mL and 120 mL

Question 3

Hyperglycemia is when the glucose amount in the body is

Answer 3

Greater than 120 mL

Question 4

Hypoglycemia is when the glucose amount in the body is

Answer 4

Less than 70 mL

Question 5

What are the symptoms of Hypglycemia?

Answer 5

• Tired
• Lethargic
• Coma / death

Question 6

Insulin regulates the

Answer 6

Storage of glucose

Question 7

How does insulin decrease blood glucose concentration?

Answer 7

It does so by storing glucose

Question 8

Insulin decreases blood glucose concentration by forcing glucose to undergo

Answer 8

Glycolysis, converting it to ATP

Question 9

Glycolysis is what kind of process?

Answer 9

Irreversible

Question 10

Glycogenesis is the

Answer 10

Formation of glycogen

Question 11

Glycogen is short-term energy storage in the

Answer 11

• Liver

- Muscles

Question 12

Lipogenesis is the production of

Answer 12

Lipids / fatty acids

Question 13

Lipogenesis takes energy from glucose and

Answer 13

Stores it long term

Question 14

What are the three functions of Insulin?

Answer 14

• Lipogenesis
• Glycogenesis
• Glycolysis

Question 15

Glucagon regulates the

Answer 15

Release of glucose from storage, increasing blood glucose concentration in blood

Question 16

Glucagon releases glucose from

Answer 16

Glycogen

Question 17

Gluconeogenesis is the release of glucose from

Answer 17

Amino Acids

Question 18

Glucagon releases glucose from

Answer 18

• Glycogen
• Amino Acids
• Fatty acids

Question 19

Ketone bodies are forms of energy that are only used for

Answer 19

Heart and brain

Question 20

Insulin release inhibits the release of

Answer 20

Glucagon