ADRENALINE

• What does adrenaline do to blood gluose conc?


  increases it
• what is adrenaline?


  a hormone
• Where is adrenaline secreted from?


  Adrenal glands
• What is adrenaline?


  a hormone that is secreted from the adrenal glands
• WHere are the adrenal glands?


  just above the kidneys
• when is adrenaline secreted?


  When there is a low concentration of glucose in the blood, when youre stressed and when you are exercising
• what does adrenaline bind to ?


  receptors in the cell membrane of liver cells
• WHat does adrenaline inhibit?


  glycogenesis
• What does adrenaline activate?


  Glycogenolysis
• What is glycogenolysis?


  the breakdown of glycogen to glucose
• What is glycogenesis?


  the synthesis of glycogen from glucose
• what does adrenaline also activate?


  glucagon secretion , inhibits insulin secretion , which increases glucose conc
• What does adrenaline get the body ready for?


  action
• HOW does adrenaline get the body ready for action?


  by making more glucose available for muscles to respire