Hormones

Question 1

What is the nickname for hormones?

Answer 1

Chemical messengers

Question 2

Where are hormones produced?

Answer 2

In the endocrine glands

Question 3

Where are hormones released into from the endocrine glands?

Answer 3

Blood

Question 4

What are the two hormones that control blood glucose regulation (which is part of homeostasis)?

Answer 4

Insulin and glucAgon

Question 5

What is glycogen?

Answer 5

A type of carbohydrate

Question 6

What is glucagon?

Answer 6

A type of hormone

Question 7

How does the body respond to a rise in blood glucose concentration?

Answer 7

Pancreas increases secretion of insulin and decreases the secretion of glucagon.
Insulin causes muscle and liver cells to remove glucose from the blood ad store it as glycogen.
This allows the body to return to normal blood glucose range by falling in blood glucose concentration.

Question 8

How does the body respond to a fall in blood glucose concentration?

Answer 8

Pancreas decreases secretion of insulin and increases secretion of glucagon.
Glucagon causes liver cells to convert glycogen into glucose and release it into the blood.
This allows the body to return to normal range by rises in blood glucose concentration