Control of blood glucose concentration

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  • what is insulin?
    protein hormone
  • where is insulin released from?
    B cell in the pancreas
  • when is insulin released?
    when the blood glucose concentration increases above the normal range
  • where and how is glucose absorbed?
    glucose is absorbed in the B cells via carrier proteins by facilitated diffusion
  • where do insulin vesicles act on?
    insulin vesicles move towards the cell surface membrane where they are released into the capillaries and collide into every cell but only act on the liver, muscle and fat cells
  • why do insulin only bind to specific cells?
    only fat, muscle and liver cells have the complementary receptor protein