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Homeostasis
LO Describe how blood glucose levels are
controlled.
Key Words
Homeostasis
Set Point
respiration.
Blood Sugar
Keywords
Glucose
Glycogen
A storage substance made of glucose, it is stored in the liver.
Insulin
A hormone (chemical messenger) it tells your body to change
glucose into glycogen. It is made by the pancreas.
Glucagon
The Pancreas
Makes Insulin &
Glucagon that
controls........
blood sugar levels
in our bodies.
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Task- 5mins
Look at my picture in
your workbook that will
help you to remember it.
Insulin- when glucose IN
GlucaGON- when glucose
gone
1. Eating food
releases
is produced to bring
_________
blood sugar
into your
levels back to
blood
normal
stream
4. The pancreas
produces
____________
____________
and stored in the
which converts
_____________
____________
back to
____________
2. ___________
1. Eating food
releases
2.
Insulin
Glucos
_________
into your
e
is produced by the
pancreasto bring
blood
blood sugar
stream
levels back to
normal
4. The pancreas
produces
Glucagon
Glycogen
which converts
liver
Glycogen
back to
Glucos
e
Q. What is insulin?
Q. What is insulin?
A hormone
Multiple-choice quiz
Symptoms of Diabetes
Thirsty
Glucose in urine
Tiredness