Topic 5 definitions

• glucose


  A carbohydrate needed for cellular respiration.
• Diabetes


  A condition when the pancreas cannot make enough insulin to control the blood sugar.
• Glucagon


  A hormone that makes your liver break down glycogen into glucose.
• Glycogen


  An insoluble carbohydrate stored in the liver.
• Insulin


  A hormone made in the pancreas that causes glucose to pass from the blood and be stored as glycogen in liver cells.
• Hormone


  A chemical messenger carried in the blood that causes a change in the body.