Bio 3.6 Controlling Blood Glucose 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? BiologyCirculationGCSEAQA Created by: DanCreated on: 31-03-13 14:26 Where is glucose monitored? The pancreas 1 of 19 What does the pancreas do? Controls how much glucose is in our blood 2 of 19 If there is too much Glucose in the blood what will the pancreas do? Release a hormone called INSULIN 3 of 19 What does Insulin do? Causes glucose to move from blood into cells 4 of 19 Where is excess glucose stored? In the liver 5 of 19 What is the glucose stored as? GLYCOGEN 6 of 19 If no or little insulin is produced what will happen to the concentration of glucose in the blood? It will rise very highly 7 of 19 What is this called? Type 1 Diabetes 8 of 19 Give me 3 ways on how the Type 1 Diabetes can be controlled? Exercise, Diet and insulin Injection 9 of 19 What effect does insulin have? Causes blood Glucose levels to fall 10 of 19 Should glucose level get to low, how will this be monitored? Receptors in the pancreas monitor glucose levels in blood 11 of 19 What will the pancreas reaction be? To produce the hormone GLUCAGON 12 of 19 What does this hormone do? Causes the GLYCOGEN in the liver to change into GLUCOSE 13 of 19 What happens to this GLUCOSE? It is released back into the blood 14 of 19 What happens if you have to much GLUCOSE in blood? INSULIN us released 15 of 19 What happens to excess GLUCOSE? Turned into GLYCOGEN for storage 16 of 19 Where is this GLYCOGEN stored? The Liver 17 of 19 Should the blood have too low levels to GLUCOSE in the blood, what will happen? The Pancreas will produce GLUCAGON to react with GLYCOGEN 18 of 19 What will this form? GLUCOSE 19 of 19
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