antagonistic hormones
What antagonistic hormones means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Two hormones where insulin lowers blood glucose while glucagon raises it, so each reverses the change that triggered the other.
Insulin lowers blood glucose while glucagon raises it, so the two act in opposite directions to keep blood sugar stable.
Topics that use antagonistic hormones
- Control of blood glucose concentration (AQA GCSE)
- Maintaining internal environments (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- blood glucose regulation
- Glucagon
- glycogen
- Insulin
- insulin resistance
- pancreas
- antidiuretic hormone
- Bowman's capsule and ultrafiltration
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