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What cells in the pancreas play a role in diabetes?
Insulin...When the blood-sugar level in your body is too high, your pancreas produces more insulin which then allows the glucose to be absorbed by body cells. The glucose level will then reduce. When the Blood-sugar level is too low, your pancreas does not release insulin, which mean that less glucose is absorbed in body cells. The glucose level in the blood is therefore increased.
Why does your body need glycogen?
The body's blood glucose level needs to remain in homeostasis (about 90mg/100mL). if the blood glucose level rises, the beta cells of the pancreas will secrete insulin into the blood. the body cells will take up more glucose and the liver also takes up glucose and stores it as glycogen. these mechanisms cause the blood glucose level to drop back to set point and the stimulus for insulin release stops. Alternativey if the blood glucose level drops the alpha cells of th pancreas will release the hormone glucagon into the blood. this causes the liver to break down glycogen and therefor release glucose into the blood.blood glucose level will then rise back to set point and the stimulus for glucagon release stops. Therefore glyogen forms as an energy reserve that can be quickly mobilized to meet a sudden need for glucose. So when glucose is needed by the body, glycogen will be broken down and converted back to glucose to be used by the body. Therefore glycogen forms an important part of the process for the maintenance of glucose homeostasis in the body.
How does your body keep your blood sugar level around 70 to 110?
Your body keeps your blood sugar level around 70-100 by turning glucose (sugar) into energy!
Insulin and Glucagon and what happens to the person has skipped e meal?
After a person has skipped a meal, the person's blood glucose level will stay at its normal level as there isn't any glucose absorbed. To maintain this normal blood glucose level, the pancreatic cells will secrete glucagon which stimulates the body to convert stored glycogen into glucose. There won't be any insulin secreted as insulin is only secreted when the blood glucose level increases beyond its normal level (for example, after a meal).
What is a example of a homeostasis?
The body's mechanism for maintaing a steady sugar level in the blood is an example of homeostasis.
What are the principle hormones to monitor the glucose level in body?
Insulin.
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 cells in the pancreas play a role in diabetes?
Insulin...When the blood-sugar level in your body is too high, your pancreas produces more insulin which then allows the glucose to be absorbed by body cells. The glucose level will then reduce. When the Blood-sugar level is too low, your pancreas does not release insulin, which mean that less glucose is absorbed in body cells. The glucose level in the blood is therefore increased.
What organ in the body detects changes in blood glucose level?
the liver
Why do you feel hungry when glucose levels fall in the blood?
It is your body's way of telling you that you need to eat to raise the glucose level in the blood. Glucose is necessary for your cells and you to live.
How does the blood control the blood sugar?
When the blood sugar is very high in the body, the pancreas makes a hormone called 'insulin' this hormone tells the liver to take the excess glucose out of the blood. The glucose is stored as glycogen, a type of sugar, in the liver. The glucose in the blood falls to its correct level. Also when we excercise, the muscles in our body use up a lot of glucose. If blood glucose falls, the pancrease makes another hormone 'glucagon'. This tells the liver to convert some glycogen into glucose and put it back into the blood. Glucose in the blood rises to its correct level.
Is there a blood glucose monitoring system that doesn't require to prick anywhere in the body for a blood sample?
No. Because read one's blood glucose level requires analyzing a sample of that blood.
What is glycogen and why is it important for our energy?
Glycogen is the type of carbohydrate which our body uses for storage. It is normally stored in muscles. It is important as a 'reserve' source of energy for our body. When the blood glucose level decreases, insulin converts glycogen into glucose so as to bring it to the normal blood glucose level.
Why does your body need glycogen?
The body's blood glucose level needs to remain in homeostasis (about 90mg/100mL). if the blood glucose level rises, the beta cells of the pancreas will secrete insulin into the blood. the body cells will take up more glucose and the liver also takes up glucose and stores it as glycogen. these mechanisms cause the blood glucose level to drop back to set point and the stimulus for insulin release stops. Alternativey if the blood glucose level drops the alpha cells of th pancreas will release the hormone glucagon into the blood. this causes the liver to break down glycogen and therefor release glucose into the blood.blood glucose level will then rise back to set point and the stimulus for glucagon release stops. Therefore glyogen forms as an energy reserve that can be quickly mobilized to meet a sudden need for glucose. So when glucose is needed by the body, glycogen will be broken down and converted back to glucose to be used by the body. Therefore glycogen forms an important part of the process for the maintenance of glucose homeostasis in the body.
The ability of the human body to regulate the level of blood glucose is an example of?
Homeostasis!
How does your body keep your blood sugar level around 70 to 110?
Your body keeps your blood sugar level around 70-100 by turning glucose (sugar) into energy!
How is the level of sugar in vertebrate blood kept constant?
The blood sugar level is controlled mainly by two hormones.1.Insulin 2.Glucagon.Both hormones are secreted from Pancreas. When blood glucose level (sugar level) increases, Insulin is secreted from beta cells of islets of Langerhans in Pancreas. it increases the cellular uptake of glucose which in turn reduce the glucose level in the blood. When glucose level decreases in the blood, Alpha cells secrete Glucagon. It decrease the uptake of glucose by cells and increase glucose level.Over level of glucose also expelled through urine (Diabetes Mellitus)Mainly insulin & Glucagon are the controllers of blood glucose level.
