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Aims of the session:
• Learn about the control of blood glucose concentration.• Be able to answer exam questions.• Summarise the key points about this example of homeostasis
Control of blood glucose
concentration
We eat food containing carbohydrates
Th
e c
arb
oh
yd
rate
sare
fu
lly d
igeste
d
to g
lucose w
hic
his
ab
sorb
ed
The carbohydrates are fully digested to glucose which is absorbed
The pancreas detects the change in blood glucose concentration and releases the appropriate hormone
Insulin and glucagon