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GCSE Biology · key term
A hormone released by the pancreas when blood glucose is too high; it helps lower blood glucose.
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Specification 4.5.3.2 · Paper 2
A hormone released by the pancreas when blood glucose is too high; it promotes glucose uptake by cells and storage of excess glucose as glycogen.
Revise: Blood Glucose ControlWhen blood glucose is too high, the pancreas releases insulin. Insulin causes glucose to move from the blood into body cells. In liver and muscle cells, excess glucose is converted into glycogen, a stored carbohydrate.
Specification 7.13, 7.15, 7.16 · Paper 2
Write a linked sequence: raised blood glucose concentration → pancreas secretes insulin → greater glucose uptake and storage → blood glucose concentration falls.
Keep the substances distinct: insulin is the hormone, glucose is the soluble sugar in the blood, and glycogen is the storage carbohydrate.
State that insulin causes or stimulates the responses of target cells; insulin is not converted into glycogen.
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A hormone secreted by the pancreas when blood glucose concentration is too high; it lowers the concentration.
When it detects that blood glucose concentration is too high, it secretes the hormone insulin into the blood. The blood carries insulin to its target cells; insulin is the message that causes those cells to change their activity.
A hormone produced by beta cells in the pancreas that helps control the concentration of glucose in the blood.
A hormone made by the pancreas that helps glucose move from the blood into body cells, where it can be used for energy.
Specification B3.3c, B3.3d, B3.3e · Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher)
A hormone released by the pancreas when blood glucose is too high; it helps lower the blood glucose level.
Revise: Insulin and blood sugarThe pancreas detects a rise in blood glucose and releases insulin into the blood. Insulin is a hormone: the blood carries it to cells that respond to it. It causes liver and muscle cells to take up glucose and store it as glycogen.
A hormone made by the pancreas that helps lower blood glucose by enabling body cells to take up glucose.
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
A hormone released by the pancreas that lowers blood glucose concentration.
Revise: InsulinThe pancreas detects this rise and secretes more insulin.
A hormone released by the pancreas when blood glucose concentration is too high; it lowers the concentration by stimulating the uptake and storage of glucose.
A hormone made by the pancreas that helps lower blood glucose concentration and enables the body to use glucose for energy.