Blood Glucose Homeostasis

What kind of sensory receptors detect blood glucose levels

• Theromoreceptors

• Baroreceptors

• Glucoreceptors

• Chemoreceptors

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When blood glucose drops below 90mg/100ml what hormone is released by the pancreas

• Glucagon

• Glycogen

• Insulin

• Glucosegone

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Process where liver uses fats and amino acids to create new glucose molecules

• gluconeogenesis
• glycogenolysis
• glycogenesis
• glyconemia

______ in the Islets of Langerhans are cells that produces and secretes insulin.

• Alpha Cells

• Beta Cells

• Islets of Langerhans

• Pancreas Cells

Organ responsible for monitoring blood glucose levels and releasing hormones that control it

• Liver

• Pancreas

• Skeletal muscle

• Adipose

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Organs responsible for storing excess glucose (more than one!)

• Liver

• Skeletal muscle

• Brain

• Adipose (fat)

A large storage molecule made of many glucose molecules bonded together

• Glycogen

• Glucagon

• Glycation

• Glycolysis

Process of making glycogen inside of adipose, muscle, and liver cells

• Glycolysis

• Glycogenolysis

• Glycogenesis

• Glycation

The breakdown of glycogen into glucose molecules when blood sugar levels are low

• Glucagon

• Glycation

• Gluconeogenesis

• Glycogenolysis

The process of breaking down triglycerides (fat) into glycerol and fatty acids

• Lipogenesis

• Lipolysis

• Glycogenesis

• Glycogenolysis