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Insulin is secreted from the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas in order to convert glucose into glycogen for use by our muscles. This process actually takes place in the liver, not the muscles.
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What is the name of the hormone that controls blood glucose levels by causing the liver and muscles to take up glucose and store it?
Insulin
How the hormones glucagon and insulin work together to control blood-glucose levels?
The pancreas has specialized cells that make two different hormones, insulin and glucagon. These two hormones control the level of glucose in the blood. Insulin lowers blood-glucose levels by telling the liver to convert glucose into glycose and to store glycogen for the future. Glucagon has the opposite effect. It tells the liver to convert glycogen into glucose and to release the glucose into the blood.
What effect does insulin have on sugar?
Insulin allows glucose(sugar) to enter the body's cells. Insulin also stimulates the liver to convert glucose to glycogen and store it for later use. The end effect is blood sugar is decreased.
What does glucagon do?
from what i know the function of glucagon is to convert glucogen into glucose when there is deficiency of glucose in the body where the glucogen is the access glucose which converted by the insulin
Where is GLUT4 found?
GLUT4 is the insulin-regulated glucose transporter found in adipose tissues and striated muscles (skeletal and cardiac) that is responsible for insulin-regulated glucose disposal."Allows equilibrium with blood-bidirectional".
Summarize easy explain how glucagon and insulin work together to maintain a relatively constant blood sugar level?
Glucagon is a hormone that converts glycogen stored in the liver into Glucose (Sugars). When our blood sugar level fall below normal, glucagon will convert the glycogen stored to sugar (Glucose) to ICREASE our blood sugar levels: Glucagon is used when blood sugar levels fall below normal and glucose is needed to raise the levels. Insulin is necessary for the body to convert sugar, starches into energy needed for daily usage, Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the pancreas and released into the bloodstream when glucose (Blood Sugar) levels are on the rise, When the body has a high blood sugar, Insulin in released, breaking down the glucose and LOWERING the blood sugar levels.
What two organs dont need insulin to breakdown down glucose?
first of all, insulin dosent break down glucose, it just facilitates its entry into cells secondly the answer you are probably looking for is: in the brain and in the eyes, glucose can enter both sites without need for insulin but also know that exercise causes the muscles to become insulin independent as well
Why does insulin in the blood increase after meals?
Insulin controlls how the glucose injested is turned into fat. It also controls how much is removed to be turned into glycogen in the liver and muscles. It controls the amount of glucose transported to cells and respiration. Therefore, when we eat our pancreas supplies more insulin to be able to cope with the levels of sugar that we take in after meal times.Diabetics can produce too much insulin or too little insulin. Insulin injections need to be taken before meal times (consult a doctor) for diabetics in order to get the sugar to the cells. If the insulin is not administrated then the body will use reserves of glucose from the fat and muscles to respire and grow etc.
What hormones control sugar levels in your body?
Two hormones are released by the pancreas, which both regulate blood sugar levels. The best known is insulin, which encourages glucose to be stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen. Another hormone - glucagon - is produced to encourage the stored glycogen to convert back into glucose, and to be reabsorbed into the bloodstream.
How do glucagon and insulin work together?
Insulin is secreted when blood sugar rises. It works by stimulating receptors on tissue cells to escort glucose into the cells. It all suppresses glucagon, hormone-sensitive lipase (a hormone responsible for mobilizing and using fat stores) and suppresses the appetite centers in the brain. Glucagon is secreted when blood sugar is low. It triggers gluconeogenesis in the liver, which means that fats and proteins are converted into glucose and released into the blood. It also is responsible for mobilizing glycogen stores, suppresses insulin, and mobilizes fat stores. So glucagon and insulin not only do opposite things, they are antagonistic to each other, meaning when one is high the other one is low. They do not technically work "together". High levels of insulin are common in those who consume excessive calories and excessive carbohydrate foods. For those who are sensitive to the effects of insulin, this can cause reactive hypoglycemia and obesity.
What is the difference between insulin and glucagon?
Insulin signals blood cells like liver and muscle cells. These are used to accelerate the conversion of glucose to glycogen that's stored in the liver. Glucagon attach themselves to liver cells telling them to convert glycogen to glucose and to release glucose into the blood.
WHAT hormone helps glucose move into the cell?
Insulin.
