controlling blood glucose levels

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    • respiration
      how all cells produce energy (exothermic process)
    • insulin
      hormone helping sugar pass into cells, by increasing rate that liver converts blood sugar into glycogen ( a store )
    • effect on pancreas when there are low glucose levels
      insulin isn't secreted into blood
    • effect on liver when there are low glucose levels
      can't convert glucose into glycogen
    • negative feedback
      a mechanism where changes to conditions cause an action to reverse the change, to keep conditions stable
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