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The body releases hormones to maintain the blood-sugar concentration. Insulin encourages the muscle and liver to absorb an insoluble form of glucose (glycogen) if the concentration rises too much. If the level falls, a second hormone - glucagon - is secreted to revert glycogen back into glucose, and stimulates the blood to absorb it. This homeostatic balance is crucial to our survival, as too little and too much sugar in the blood can be dangerous.
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∙ 10y agoThe body controls glucose by using two hormones: insulin and glucagon. Insulin brings glucose into the cell and glucagon causes the liver to break down glycogen into glucose when blood sugar levels are low. This partnership forms glucose hemostasis.
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Which part of your body doesn't use glucose?
Our body need energy to work so all of our body parts need glucose.
Glucose may be used in the body to?
Glucose is used by the body as a primary source of energy. Red blood cells and neurones rely entirely on glucose for energy. Excess amounts of glucose in the body is converted to glucogon or fat and stored for later use.
The basic fuel that your body needs is found in sugars called what?
glucose
A monosaccharide that serves as a source of energy for all body cells and tissues?
glucose
How is glucose broken down during respiration?
Your body is the only thing that supplies and breaks down glucose. So since your body is the supplier of glucose, then you can't really break it down during respiratory. :)
What health issues are linked to glucose?
Glucose is the preferred energy source in the body and necessary for every metabolic function. The amount of glucose in the blood has a very big impact on how well systems function in the body. The loss of the ability to control glucose levels in the blood is known as diabetes.
What does it mean if a doctor finds glucose in human urine?
It means that the body isn't producing enough insulin to control glucose levels; the patient is probably diabetic.
What does a glucose monitor measure?
A glucose monitor measures the quantity of the simple sugar, glucose, in the subject's blood. This is important because persons with diabetes have lost some of their body's natural ability to control this nutrient.
What would happen if the body did not send a signal when blood glucose levels rose?
the body would not be able to control sugar levels in the blood
Name the fuel the human body burns?
The preferred fuel source for the body is glucose.
Do you use glucose in the from of glucose?
Yes, your body uses glucose in the form of glucose. All other sugars are converted into glucose so your body can use them.
What is the disorder in which cells are unable to obtain glucose from the blood such that high blood-glucose levels result?
Diabetes is what you're asking for. However, it is not the bodys inability to obtain glucose from the blood. It is the inability of the pancreas to secrete insulin to help control the amount of glucose in the body.
Glycogen to glucose?
Glycogen is a storage of energy within the body, and glucose is the primary form of energy. So for example, if your body requires glucose to survive, when it has plentiful amounts. Your body converts glucose into glycogen for storage. However, if your body has low amount of glucose within it. Your body will rely on the storage of glycogen to break down into its components and use the glucose for fuel.
What should I include in my diet to help control Molluscum Contagiosum?
The blood sugar concentration or blood glucose level is the amount of glucose (sugar) present in the blood of a human or animal. The body naturally tightly.
Explain how the body implement homeostasis to control the blood glucose levels to within normal limits before or after eating a pizza.?
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What does insulin allow most of the cells of the body to do?
Function properly. Insulin helps control the level of glucose - the cells' fuel - circulating in the blood.
What does your body turn glucose into?
The liver stores glucose as glycogen and glucose is required for respiration
