controlling blood glucose
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- What do alpha and beta cells contain to manufacture protein hormones?
- What is the role of Golgi apparatus in alpha and beta cells?
- How are hormones secreted from alpha and beta cells?
- Why do alpha and beta cells contain many mitochondria?
- What is the normal blood glucose concentration range?
- What happens if blood glucose concentration is too high?
- What actions occur when blood glucose concentration rises after a meal?
- What is the role of insulin in blood glucose regulation?
- What happens when insulin binds to target cells?
- What do target cells do with glucose after uptake?
- What occurs when blood glucose concentration is too low?
- What does glucagon stimulate in hepatocytes?
- How does glucose enter the blood from hepatocytes?
- What do cells use for respiration when glucose is low?
- What are cells specialized for detection of stimuli called?
- What do receptors do?
- What are Pacinian corpuscles?
- What energy conversion occurs in Pacinian corpuscles?
- How does the deformation of the plasma membrane affect Pacinian corpuscles?
- How do action potentials convey information about stimulus strength?
- What are hormones?
- How do hormones affect target cells?
- What is an exocrine gland?
- Where are adrenal glands located?
- What does the adrenal medulla secrete?
- What is the role of the adrenal cortex?
- What does aldosterone control in the body?
- What do glucocorticoids like cortisol do?
- What are the two functions of the pancreas?
- What is the endocrine function of the Islets of Langerhans?
- What digestive enzymes does the pancreas secrete?
- How does the pancreas deliver digestive enzymes?