If we had glucose in our urine it would
be a sign of diabetes. The kidney helps to excrete excess glucose.
The liver would synthesize amino acids to convert if glucose if they
were missing from our diet.
Endocrine system
The endocrine system which includes the
pancreas produces insulin and glucagons. This controls and
co-ordinates all bodily processes. Adrenaline acts as a hormone
helping to break glycogen into glucose to make available to our
muscle cells.
INSULIN
This is a hormone released in the blood
stream, it helps in the regulation of our blood sugar levels. When
glucose levels are too high insulin lowers it. It helps to take
glucose out of the bloodstream and take it to cells that require it.
Insulin is released into the bloodstream. Diabetics have to have
injections of insulin to bring their levels down. Insulin is made
out of proteins in our diet, from the islets of langerhans.
GLUCAGON
If glucose levels falls below set
point, our bodies have to find glucose quickly. Glucagons breaks
down glycogen stored in the liver and muscles to glucose and
metabolizes it.
