Biology GCSE
Glucagon
What Glucagon means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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A hormone secreted by the pancreas when blood glucose concentration becomes too low, stimulating the breakdown of glycogen to glucose to raise blood glucose concentration again.
A hormone secreted into the blood by alpha cells in the pancreatic islets of Langerhans when blood glucose falls below the set point.
A hormone from the pancreas that raises blood glucose by releasing glucose from glycogen.
Topics that use Glucagon
- Control of blood glucose concentration (AQA GCSE)
- Homeostasis (AQA GCSE)
- Maintaining internal environments (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Insulin
- antagonistic hormones
- blood glucose regulation
- glycogen
- insulin resistance
- Negative feedback
- pancreas
- antidiuretic hormone
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