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GCSE Biology · key term
The organ that monitors blood glucose concentration and releases insulin when it is too high.
Used by OCR
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
Revise: InsulinThe pancreas detects this rise and secretes more insulin.
An organ that monitors blood glucose concentration and releases the hormones insulin or glucagon when it changes.
Write the control sequence in causal order: blood glucose rises → pancreas releases insulin → insulin travels in the blood → target cells respond → blood glucose falls.
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