Control of Blood Glucose for AQA

Control of Blood Glucose for AQA

1Control of Blood GlucoseTeachable.net 2009. Some rights reserved.
http://teachable.net/res.asp?r=2734 2Changes in glucose concentrationWhat makes blood glucose concentration increase?
Eating
What makes blood glucose concentration decrease?
Exercise
Respiration3Detecting and responding to changes in blood glucosePANCREAS detects changes
Then releases HORMONES
INSULIN when there is high blood sugar
GLUCAGON when there is low blood sugar
The disease in which the pancreas does not produce or the body does not respond to INSULIN is:
DIABETES44
We eat food containing carbohydrates55The carbohydrates are fully digested
to glucose which is absorbed6Controlling Glucose77The pancreas detects the change in blood glucose concentration and releases the appropriate hormone8Controlling Glucose99Summary1010Control of Blood glucose levels over a day11Who is this famous diabetic?Sir Steve Redgrave12What is diabetes?The body does not make or respond to insulin
blood glucose levels may rise to a fatally high level
There are two types of diabetic
- Type 1 (insulin dependent)
- Type 2
The symptoms:13How can diabetes be treated?Insulin injections or controlled dietFrequent checking of blood glucose levels14What increases