Blood sugar regulation

Question 1

What’s the normal range of blood sugar in an adult?

Answer 1

4-6mmol/L

Question 2

What are the unbalanced states of blood sugar?

Answer 2

Hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia

Question 3

What two hormones does a pancreas release?

Answer 3

Insulin and glucagon

Question 4

What hormones released by the pancreas during hyperglycaemia?

Answer 4

Insulin

Question 5

Which hormone released by the pancreas facilitates cellular glucose uptake?

Answer 5

Insulin

Question 6

What effect does insulin have on the liver and muscles?

Answer 6

Causes them to absorb glucose from the blood and story as glycogen.

Question 7

What hormone does the pancreas release during episodes of hypoglycaemia?

Answer 7

Glucagon

Question 8

What effect does glucagon have on the liver and muscles?

Answer 8

Causes them to release the Glucagon and turn it into glucose

Question 9

What’s the process called when the liver makes new glucose from non-carbohydrate sources?

Answer 9

Gluconeogenesis

Question 10

What’s the control centre in a negative feedback mechanism regulating blood sugar?

Answer 10

Pancreas