Regulation of Blood Glucose Levels

Question 1

what is the blood glucose levels regulated by?

Answer 1

homeostatic process

Question 2

why is glucose needed?

Answer 2

for cell respiration

Question 3

what does the pancreas do?

Answer 3

detects blood glucose concentrations & releases hormones to alter the amount of glucose in the blood.

Question 4

whats happens when the glucose blood levels is too high?

Answer 4

pancreas detects it, increases secretion of insulin & decreases secretion of glucagon.
insulin causes muscle & liver cells to remove glucose from blood & store it as glycogen in tissue cells.
liver converts glucose to glycogen.

Question 5

what happens when the glucose blood levels is too low?

Answer 5

pancreas detects it, decreases secretion of insulin & increases secretion of glucagon.
glucagon causes liver cells to convert glycogen to glucose & release it back into blood.

Question 6

what is glucagon released by?

Answer 6

alpha cells in pancreas

Question 7

what is insulin released by?

Answer 7

beta cells in pancreas.