Chapter 25, Glucose

What is the most important glucocorticoid hormone from the adrenal cortex
Has to be present for the other 3 hormones to work

cortisol
What hormone is secreted by the langerhorne cells
realeases glucose from stored glycogen

glucagon
What hormone helps to maintain glucose in the blood during stress by inhibiting the release of insulin

epinephrine
What hormone antagonizes the effects of insulin by decreasing the glucose uptake and usage by cells

growth hormone
Where is insulin produced

beta cells of islets of langerhorn of the pancrease
What regulates insulin release

blood glucose levels
As blood glucose rises what occurs to insulin secreations

also rise
why is insulin so important

it bind to the receptor site of cells, proteins get inserted into cell membrane, glucose binds to the proteins and enters the cell

controls the production of enzymes responsible for cellular metabolism(enzymes that convert glucose to glycogen for storage/adipose)
How does glucose move into the cell

facilitated diffusion
Where are the greatest amounts of glycogen stored

liver and muscle cells
What is the metabloic pathway of glucose to adipose

glucose-glycerol & fatty acids-storage of triglycerides in adipose
Where is insulin not required for glucose uptake
- epithelial cells of the gut
- brain neruons
What is the primary fuel for the brain and the nervous system

glucose

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Chapter 25, Glucose

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Chapter 25, Glucose

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