Biology GCSE
Insulin injections
What Insulin injections means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Insulin injections
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The normal treatment, replacing the missing hormone so that glucose can be taken up by liver and muscle cells and stored as glycogen.
Topics that use Insulin injections
- Control of blood glucose concentration (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- antagonistic hormones
- blood glucose regulation
- Carbohydrate controlled diet
- Exercise regime
- Glucagon
- glycogen
- hormonal control
- Insulin
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