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    The document summarizes how the body regulates blood glucose levels through negative feedback loops. The pancreas contains beta cells that produce insulin when glucose levels rise, which signals cells to absorb glucose from the bloodstream to lower blood sugar. The pancreas also contains alpha cells that secrete glucagon when glucose levels fall, telling the liver to convert glycogen to glucose to raise blood sugar levels and stabilize them.

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    The document summarizes how the body regulates blood glucose levels through negative feedback loops. The pancreas contains beta cells that produce insulin when glucose levels rise, which signals cells to absorb glucose from the bloodstream to lower blood sugar. The pancreas also contains alpha cells that secrete glucagon when glucose levels fall, telling the liver to convert glycogen to glucose to raise blood sugar levels and stabilize them.

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    The document summarizes how the body regulates blood glucose levels through negative feedback loops. The pancreas contains beta cells that produce insulin when glucose levels rise, which signals cells to absorb glucose from the bloodstream to lower blood sugar. The pancreas also contains alpha cells that secrete glucagon when glucose levels fall, telling the liver to convert glycogen to glucose to raise blood sugar levels and stabilize them.

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    May 31, 2015

    (-) feedback- body counteracts high blood glucose levels

    (-) feedback- body counteracts low blood glucose levels

    by decreasing blood glucose levels in order to stabilize

    by increasing blood glucose levels in order to stabilize

    Your body rapidly removes too


    much glucose from the blood
    after drinking that soda

    Sugar levels spike after you


    drink that soda

    Glucose Regulation

    High blood glucose

    Low blood glucose

    (-) Feedback

    levels

    levels

    Normal blood glucose


    levels (Body wants to maintain
    In the PANCREAS

    stable levels)

    In the PANCREAS
    Alpha cells make

    Beta cells make


    INSULIN

    Decreases

    Increase

    which goes to the

    blood glucose

    blood glucose which goes to the

    bloodstream

    levels

    levels

    GLUCAGON
    bloodstream

    Insulin binds to
    receptors in your
    cells and tells them
    to start taking glucose
    from your blood

    Glucagon tells the liver to


    convert glycogen into glucose
    which goes back to the blood

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