Describe the mechanism of action of insulin and glucagon, and how they differ in relation to the blood glucose level.

Q: Which are major controlling factor for insulin secretion is the plasma glucose concentration?

A: The hormones are protein based chemical messengers which forms a part of the signaling molecules in…

Q: List the major controls of insulin secretion?

A: Endocrine glands are the ductless glands that secrete hormones.

Q: What is the ultimate response of the cell to the insulin pathway?

A: Introduction The amount of glucose in the blood is managed and regulated by the insulin hormone.…

Q: Describe the cellular events leading to release of insulin and the outcome on glucose metabolism in…

A: Insulin is the hormone secreted by the beta cells of islets( in the pancreas). It has two peptide…

Q: steps in the production of insulin by bacteria.

A: INSULIN:- It is a pancreatic hormone secreted by beta cells and its main role is to absorb glucose…

Q: Describe how the pancreatic hormones interact to regulate blood glucose levels.

A: The pancreas will regulate the macronutrient digestion and hence metabolism/energy homeostasis by…

Q: Describe some of the issues that could occur if blood glucose levels were not maintained.

A: Introduction :- Blood glucose levels refer to the amount of glucose (sugar) present in the…

Q: What effects occur when the plasma insulin concentration decreases?

A: Insulin could be a peptide secretion created by beta cells of the exocrine gland islets; it's…

Q: What are the stimulus, receptor, control center, and effector response to the release of insulin?…

A: In humans, there are trillions of cells that function together to maintain the entire process in an…

Q: Briefly describe thechanges that occur in carbohydrate metabolism in diabetes mellitus

A: Carbohydrate metabolisms is the biochemical processes which causes the metabolic formation,…

Q: State and explain the effect of a high-carbohydrate mealon insulin secretion.

A: A high carbohydrate diet that consists of high glycemic carbohydrates has detrimental metabolic…

Q: Define the term Glucagon?

A: Glucagon is a hormone that is involved in controlling blood sugar (glucose) levels. It is produced…

Q: List the Insulin-Like Growth Factors?

A: A polypeptide hormone-insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) is generated mainly by the liver in…

Q: Insulin is the most important?

A: Hormones are chemicals secreted by an endocrine gland to regulate various physiological processes in…

Q: A patient has an insulin sensitivity factor of 1 unit of insulin per 30 mg/dl over 110 mg/dl. If…

A: insulin sensitivity factor of the given patient = 1 unit of insulin per 30 mg/dl over 110 mg/dl.…

Q: Given the effects of glucagon on plasma glucose concentrations, what effect do you think…

A: For proper functioning of nervous system and all the necessary processes, there is a need to…

Q: Differentiate between the effect of insulin and glucagon on blood sugar concentration.

A: Endocrine Hormones are the chemical messengers which are released in to the blood through endocrine…

Q: Describe how insulin and glucagon collectively regulate the levelof glucose in the blood

A: Hormones that act to return body conditions to within acceptable limits from opposite extremes are…

Q: Which hormones are involved in the regulation of serum glucose level, and under what physiologic…

A: The process of maintaining blood sugar levels most importantly glucose levels within the normal…

Q: Describe the negative feedback between Insulin and Glucagon

A: Both insulin and glucagon are secreted by pancreas and hence they are called as pancreatic endocrine…

Q: What effect do blood glucose levels, blood aminoacid levels, the autonomic nervous system,…

A: Insulin is secreted by beta cells of pancreatic islets, and glucagon is secreted from alpha cells of…

Q: Because the prime early symptom of diabetes is a high levelof blood glucose, insulin is often…

A: Diabetes is a lifestyle disorder associated with an imbalance in the concentration of glucose in the…

Q: Many hormone systems regulate body functions through opposing hormone actions. Describe how opposing…

A: The endocrine system includes different types of hormone release in the body. Hormones are chemical…

Q: explain how negative feedback regulates the secretion andactions of thyroxine, oxytocin, and…

A: The feedback loops involve a repetition cycle of events, through that, a specific standing and…

Q: Does the action of glucocorticoids more closely resemblethat of glucagon or insulin? Explain.

A: The human endocrine system is one of the major body systems that is responsible for controlling the…

Q: Describe the effects of insulin and glucagon on bloodglucose.

A: Insulin and glucagon are peptide hormones that are produced by the beta and alpha cells of the…

Q: Describe how the pancreatic hormones help maintain blood glucose homeostasis.

A: Pancreas are present on the back side of stomach in abdominal cavity. It is a heterocrine gland…

Q: Describe the stimulus for release, the target tissue, and the effect of insulin?

A: Endocrine glands do not have ducts and it secrete hormone directly to blood stream. The major glands…

Q: Explain how does the endocrine system control blood-glucose levels

A: Introduction The Endocrine System Consists Of A Collection Of Glands That Synthesize And Secrete…

Q: Describe how epinephrine promotes the conversionof glycogen to glucose.

A: The peptide or protein hormones such as eicosanoids and epinephrine find their receptor on the…

Q: Differentiate between type 1 and type 2 diabetes and explain how each develops

A: Carbohydrates, one of the important macromolecules in the body, obtained from the diet are utilized…

Q: Name the hormone responsible for converting glycogen to glucose.

A: Glycogen is an extensively branched glucose polymer that is used by biological cells to store…

Q: Explain the process and main pathways of steroid hormones synthesis in relation to  cholesterol…

A: Steroid hormones are lipid molecules that are produced in the ovary, testis, placenta, and adrenal…

Q: Distinguish the difference of the mechanism of insulin insufficient DM and insulin resistance DM.

A: Insulin is a protein hormone that is secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas in order to regulate…

Q: Insulin secretion is essential in metabolism. What type ofmolecule is insulin? What structure…

A: Metabolism is the total chemical reactions that occur in a cell.

Q: Explain what insulin and lowcarbohydrate diets have to do with one another.

A: Carbohydrates raise blood glucose more than other foods, meaning the body must produce more insulin…

Q: Explain why the increase in insulin secretion in response toparasympathetic stimulation and…

A: The glucose is converted into glycogen by the pancreatic endocrine hormone known as insulin. The…