The control of blood glucose

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Carbohydrate is transported through the humanbloodstream
- The control of blood glucose
  - The homeostatic control of blood glucose concentration
    - carried out by two hormones secreted by endocrine tissue
      - found in pancreas
- In the form of glucose in solution in blood plasma
Glycogen
- is found in liver and muscle cells
- is a short-termenergy store
- a large, insoluble molecule made up of manyglucose units linked together by 1–4 glycosidic bonds with1–6 branching points
- easily converted to glucose
scattered through out the pancreas
- This tissue consists of groups of cells, known as theislets of Langerhans
  - found in pancreas
  - carried out by two hormones secreted by endocrine tissue