What is glucose?
Glucose is a simple sugar molecule.
It is broken down during respiration to release energy.
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What would happen to your blood glucose levels following a meal?
Blood glucose levels would rise.
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Which organ detects changes in blood glucose concentrations?
The pancreas.
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What will the pancreas do if blood glucose concentrations rise too high?
It will produce insulin and release it into the bloodstream.
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What 2 things will insulin cause cells to do?
This mostly happens in liver and muscle cells.
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What will the pancreas do if blood glucose concentrations fall too low?
It will produce glucagon.
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What 2 things will glucagon cause cells to do?
This mostly happens in liver and muscle cells.
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