The Pancreas: Insulin and Glucagon

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  1. 2. A type of stimulus caused by the nervous system to allow insulin secretion.
  2. 3. The type of homeostatic mechanism that helps control the balance of blood glucose (positive/negative feedback).
  3. 6. The ANS system that decreases or inhibits insulin secretion.
  4. 7. One of four target tissues of insulin.
  5. 10. The term used for synthesis of glucose from non-carbohydrate molecules and lactic acid.
  6. 11. One of four target tissues of insulin.
  7. 12. A type of stimulus in the circulatory system that begins the secretion of insulin.
  8. 14. The organ involved in release of insulin.
  9. 15. ______ causes an increase in blood glucose by causing the liver to increase the decompostion of glygogen.
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  1. 1. After a meal, the parasympathetic system _________insulin secretion.
  2. 4. Term used for the decomposition of glycogen.
  3. 5. The ANS sysytem that increases insulin secretion when blood sugar is high.
  4. 6. One of four target tissues of insulin.
  5. 8. Too much insulin injected into a diabetic can drastically ________ blood glucose.
  6. 9. One of four target tissues of insulin.
  7. 13. The hormone involved in the inhibition of glycogenolysis.