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The pancreas produces insulin (decrease blood glucose) and glucagon (increase blood glucose) and is the major endocrine organ for the control of blood sugar levels. The actions of the two hormones are short-term, and long-term controls could be achieved with glucocorticoids produced by the adrenal glands.
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∙ 13y agoIt's not just one organ...two organs, the pancreas and the liver, play important roles to balance the level of sugar in our blood. After a meal, when the sugar level is high, the pancreas produces insulin, and the sugar in the blood stream is converted to glycogen and stored in the liver. As sugar levels start to decline, the pancreas produces another hormone, glucagon, and the liver reverses the process and breaks down the glycogen to release glucose. Once glycogen stores are depleted, the liver starts breaking down proteins and fats and turns them into sugar to keep the body running.
Under extreme circumstances, when the sugar level falls waaay below normal, an organ in the brain, called the hypothalamus, activates the adrenal glands to produce adrenaline, which also helps with glucose production.
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∙ 12y agoThe pancreas(or pancreatic islets) administers and monitors blood sugar concentration.
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∙ 13y agoThe brain monitors the blood sugar level and then the pancreas releases insulin to control the level of blood sugar.
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∙ 9y agoThe Endocrine System
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∙ 12y agothe liver and the pancreas
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∙ 12y agoThe pancreas.
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What are some of the differences between the endocrine system and the nervous system?
The endocrine system communicates changes in physiology via hormones that travel in the blood. The nervous system communicate messages that regulate many physiological functions via neurons that communicate by synapses and neurotransmitters.
How do the endocrine system and the nervous system differ?
Your nervous system helps maintain balance in the body's processes by interpreting information about the environment and then telling parts of the body to act. Your endocrine system also helps balance your body's processes. But it controls slower processes, such as growth and sugar levels in the blood.
How does the digestive system and endocrine system work together to maintain a stable blood sugar level?
**** When we digest carbohydrates, they are transformed into sugars. The pancreas, part of the endocrine system, produces the hormone insulin to regulate how fast the sugars are broken down; therefore, insulin regulates the amount of sugar in the blood in a certain amount of time (the blood glucose level).
What hormone regulates your blood sugar?
Every cell in your body requires a constant supply of glucose for energy. Since glucose is transported around the body to those cells, blood sugar levels in the blood need to be regulated. In fact, blood glucose needs to maintained within fairly strict limits because problems will result if those levels get too low (hypoglycaemia), or too high (hyperglycaemia). The control of blood sugar levels is determined by the hormones insulin and glucagon, which are secreted into the blood by the pancreas.When blood sugar levels are too high, the pancreas secretes insulin, which makes cells in the Liver, Muscle, and Fat Tissue take up glucose (sugar) from the blood, and can be converted to glycogen, for storage. Converting glucose to glycogen lowers blood sugar levels, because glycogen does not affect blood sugar levels. Diabetes is when Insulin does not affect cells as much as it should do, and blood sugar stays high.When the level of blood glucose is low, then glucagon is secreted from the pancreas, and the cells convert glycogen back into glucose.If there are low amounts of both glucose and glycogen, glucose can be made from other substances in a process called gluconeogenesis.Basically, insulin lowers your blood sugar level because it pulls the sugar out of the blood stream to provide nutrients to other organs and tissues in the body. It gets more complicated, but this should give you a general idea.
Which organ monitors blood sugar concentration?
The pancreas administers and monitors blood sugar concentration.
What part of the brain controls your blood sugar levels?
the limbic system, only found in mammals : )
What controls salt level?
Hormone does it controls the sugar in your blood.
What controls your salt level?
Hormone does it controls the sugar in your blood.
What controls how much sugar is in the blood?
The pancreas inject insulin to control the sugar.
What is the protein that controls the amount of sugar in the blood?
glucose
What job does the pancreas do in your body?
Controls your blood sugar
Will Coke and rum balance out the sugar in your system?
No, alcohol and sugary drinks cause a rise in blood sugar. The rise in blood sugar cause increased insulin production. The increased insulin will cause a crash in blood sugar levels. In larger amounts, it becomes a bit of an ugly up and down cycle.
What controls blood sugar?
insulin and diet
What gland controls blood sugar levels?
pancreatic islets
What organ controls blood sugar and makes bile?
Pancreas
What system removes excess sugar and impurities from the blood?
The excretory system removes excess sugar and impurities from the blood.
How do pancreatic tumors affect blood sugar?
The pancreas regulates our bodies insulin which controls blood sugars.
