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As noted in the expert answer - the pancreas, not the liver, manufactures insulin. The pancreas sits in a space in the abdominal cavity near the liver. It is behind the stomach and a bit below the liver. The pancreatic duct from the pancreas joins up with the bile duct from the liver and gall bladder where the two ducts enter the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine that connects to the stomach) through the major duodenal papilla.
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What does insulin cause the liver to change glucose into?
Insulin causes the glucose in your blood to enter the cells for energy. It does not cause the liver to change glucose into anything. Your liver does, however, store extra sugar in the form of glucagon.
What hormone promotes storage of glucose by the liver?
Insulin is the hormone that promotes the storage of glucose by the liver. It signals liver cells to take up glucose from the bloodstream and convert it into glycogen for storage.
What does the liver do when there's no room in the liver to store sugar?
Sugar doesn't HAVE to be stored. Any excess sugar in the bloodstream is eliminated by an excretion of the pancreas called insulin.
What glands and organs are involved in insulin?
the organs involved in insulin are liver and liver muscle and the pancreas
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 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
Does insulin mobilize liver glycogen to yield glucose?
No, insulin stimulates the liver to produce glycogen from glucose. Glucagon mobilizes liver glycogen to yield glucose.
Which organ destroys the insulin after it has its effect?
The liver and kidneys destroy insulin after it has its effect. The pancreas is the site of insulin production.
What steroid does the liver produce into bloodstream?
insulin
Which is the organ which produces insulin and keeps the sugar balance in the body?
The single most important organ is the pancreas. The beta cells in the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas release insulin in response to rising glucose levels. The high insulin levels signal the liver to take up sugar and store it for later release (when the insulin levels are low). The muscles also take up a lot of the sugar and store it locally or burn it, both in response to insulin and when exercising.
What hormone affects the storage of glycogen in the liver?
Insulin
Is liver insulin sensitive?
Normal human livers are highly sensitive to insulin. Hepatocytes, or liver cells, have numerous insulin receptors on their surfaces which bind to insulin and then trigger glycogen synthesis, soaking up free glucose in the bloodstream and forming long polymer chains for later use as fuel. Studies have shown, however, that diabetic individuals have decreased sensitivity to insulin not only generally but also specifically in the liver, due partly to a decrease in the number of insulin receptors.
