Regulating glucose

• Glucose

  Simple sugar molecules broken down during respiration for energy
• Blood glucose levels following a meal

  They rise
• Organ that detects changes in blood glucose concentration

  Pancreas
• Pancreas

  Release insulin into the blood stream.

  Produces glucagon if concentration is too low
• Insulin

  Absorbs glucose from blood into the cells
• Glucagon

  Breaks down glucose into glycogen

  Releases glucose into the blood stream