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How does the body regulate blood glucose levels?
Regulation of blood glucose is handled by the body's production of insulin. Insulin moves the glucose that is produced during digestion out of the bloodstream and into cells.
What carries glucose from the small intestine to other parts of the body?
which part of the body carries glucose round the body? which part of the body carries glucose round the body? Die potato.
How is glucose transported through the body?
As blood glucose. But it is stored as glycogen in the liver.
What hormone decreases blood glucose levels by transporting glucose into body cells?
insulin
Which hormone will increase blood glucose levels?
Glucagon is catabolic and increases blood glucose levels, insulin is anabolic decreases blood glucose levels.
When blood glucose levels decrease what reserves are tapped?
When blood glucose levels drop, it is vital for the body to help stabilize them prevent fainting. The body will take fat reserves and convert them to glucose to do this.
Name the protein that controls the amount of sugar in the blood?
Insulin is the main regulator of blood glucose.
Is glucose essential to the body?
In a way it is essential because if you don't have enough glucose in your blood, you have Diabetes...If you have too much glucose, you have Diabetes. It has to even out with the insulin in the body.
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.
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.
Where does glucose go after leaving the liver?
This Glucose is reabsobed by the blood so that it can be passed around the body
Insulin is released into the blood when?
The body takes up more glucose
