Metabolic diversity in tissues

Question 1

The coordination of metabolism in the separate organs is achieved by?

Answer 1

hormonal and neuronal signaling
note: blood carries hormonal signals from one tissue to another

Question 2

Important regulators of blood glucose are the hormones?

Answer 2

• epinephrine (stimulates glucagon)
• insulin (inhibits)
• glucagon (stimulates)

Question 3

glucagon stimulates what?

Answer 3

• glycogenolysis
• gluconeogenesis
• ketogenesis

Question 4

The liver is a major producer of glucose and also a major consumer of glucose. T or F.

Answer 4

T

Question 5

failure of O2 to reach a portion of the heart muscle when the blood vessels are blocked by lipid deposits ]or blood clots can cause this region of the heart muscle to die, a process known as?

Answer 5

myocardial infarction