blood glucose regulation
What blood glucose regulation means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Reference: OCR
The process in which insulin increases glucose uptake from blood plasma and its conversion to glycogen, reducing circulating concentration back towards the normal set point.
After a meal, blood glucose rises and the pancreas releases insulin, which causes cells to take up glucose and the liver to store it as glycogen, so blood glucose falls.
Described by linking the rise in blood glucose levels to the subsequent increase in insulin secretion, as shown in a table of concentrations after a meal.
Control of blood glucose concentration by two pancreatic hormones acting antagonistically in a negative feedback cycle.
Topics that use blood glucose regulation
- Control of blood glucose concentration (AQA GCSE)
- Coordination and control – the endocrine system (OCR GCSE)
- Maintaining internal environments (OCR GCSE)
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