Blood glucose

• What hormone is released when there is an increase of blood glucose concentration?

  Insulin
• What hormone is released when there is a low blood glucose concentration?

  Glucagon
• What happens when there is an increase of blood glucose concentration?

  The pancreas detects the increase

  Pancreas releases insulin into the bloodstream

  Insulin may bind to receptors in certain cells e.g liver and muscle cells

  Liver and muscle cells take up a lot of the extra glucose molecules and combine them together to form glucose

  Blood glucose levels decrease/regulate
• What happens when there is a decrease in blood glucose concentration?


  Pancreas detects the decrease

  Pancreas releases glucagon into the blood stream

  Glucagon is secreted into the blood stream

  Glucagon binds to the receptors in the liver cell

  Liver cell breaks down glycogen into glucose, releasing it into the bloodstream

  Blood glucose levels regulate/increase