Controlling blood glucose

Question 1

How are changes in blood glucose controlled and monitored?

Answer 1

The pancreas uses the hormones insulin and glucagon in a negative feedback cycle

Question 2

What happens when you consume food with carbohydrates?

putssomething into the ____ from the ____

Answer 2

It puts glucose into the blood from the guts.

Question 3

How does you remove excess glucose?

Answer 3

• Vigorous exercise
• Stored as glycagen in the liver and the muscles

Question 4

What happens when blood glucose levels are too high?

Secreted

Answer 4

Insulin is secreted by the pancreas
Insulin binds to receptors on the liver and muscles,causing excess glucose to be converted into glycogen and stored

Question 5

How is blood glucose concentration controlled using a negative feedback loop

Answer 5

• When the blood glucose concentration rises or falls below the optimum, a hormone is secreted by the pancreas.
• The action of either hormone (insulin or glucagon) helps bring back the concentration to the correct level

Question 6

What is Type 1 diabetes

Answer 6

• When the pancreas produces little to no insulin
• This means that a persons blood glucose levels can rise to a level that can kill them

Question 7

What is type 2 diabtes

Answer 7

• Where a person is reisistant to their own insulin
• This causes a persons blood sugar level to rise to a dangerousl level

Question 8

What do people with type 1 diabetes need?

And why

Answer 8

Regular insulin injections throughout the day
This is done so glucose is removed quickly once the food has been digested stopping the level from getting too high.

Question 9

What are the risk factors of type 2 diabetes

Answer 9

Being overweight
Being old
Physically unactive people
If family members have it