What are hormones made of? - Protein, How do hormones travel around the body? - Through the blood, What do we call glands that produce hormones? - Endocrine gland, Why do hormones only affect specific cells? - Because cells have specific receptors for specific factors, Name the endocrine gland that produces insulin and glucagon? - Pancreas, Name the target tissue of insulin and glucagon? - Liver, Name the hormone produced when blood glucose levels rise? - Insulin, Name the hormone produces when blood glucose levels fall? - Glucagon, How does insulin bring our blood glucose down? - Binds to insulin receptors on the liver and converts the excess glucose into glycogen in the liver, How does glucagon bring our blood glucose back up? - Binds to glucagon receptors on the liver and triggers the breakdown of liver glycogen stores into glucose, What disease is associated with an inability to control blood glucose? - Diabetes,
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Hormonal control
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