Sugar Regulation

If the body has excess glucose what will it be converted into, and by what organ, and where will it be stored?

Converted by the liver into glycogen

Stored in the liver and skeletal muscle

If the body has excess glycogen what will it be converted into, and by what organ, and where will it be stored?

Converted by the liver into fat

Stored in the adipose tissue

Name one hormone that reduces and three that raise blood glucose levels.

Reduces: Insulin

Raises: Glucagon

Adrenaline

Cortisol

Where are high blood glucose levels detected?

Beta cells in the islets of Langerhan’s in the Pancreas

Insulin is then secreted into the bloodstream

What are four changes in the body caused by Insulin?

Increased use of glucose by body cells

Increased glycogenesis for storage in the liver

Conversion of glycogen into fat in the liver

Promotion of protein synthesis

Glycogenesis

The process of turning glucose into glycogen

Glycogenolysis

The process of turning glycogen into glucose