1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
hram777 [196]
3 years ago
6

The pancreas is a human body organ that produces digestive enzymes and two very important hormones: insulin and glucagon. These

two hormones work together to regulate the level of the sugar glucose in the bloodstream. If glucose levels in the bloodstream are too low, the pancreas secretes glucagon which causes the glucose level to increase. If blood glucose levels are too high, the hormone insulin will lower the glucose level. If a person has just eaten a meal containing a large amount of sugars and other carbohydrates, which statement BEST describes how the pancreas will respond? A) The amount of insulin produced by the pancreas will increase to reduce the amount of glucose in the bloodstream. B) The amount of insulin produced by the pancreas will decrease to allow the glucose levels in the blood to decrease. C) The amount of glucagon produced by the pancreas will decrease so that the amount of glucose in the bloodstream may increase. D) The amount of glucagon produced by the pancreas will increase to allow the sugars in the digestive tract to enter the bloodstream.
Biology
1 answer:
Alex787 [66]3 years ago
5 0
The correct answer is "t<span>he amount of insulin produced by the pancreas will increase to reduce the amount of glucose in the bloodstream".

When glucose enters the body; high glucose levels will stimulate the pancreatic cells to secrete insulin. Insulin functions to lower blood glucose levels by increasing the glucose uptake of muscles and adipose tissue. 

Glucagon on the other hand increases blood glucose levels in the event of low blood glucose by increasing the rate of glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis.</span>
You might be interested in
Sort the following events into two categories:________.
Amanda [17]

Answers:

a) carcinogenic

b) anti-carcinogenic

c) carcinogenic

d) carcinogenic

e) carcinogenic

f) anti-carcinogenic

g) anti-carcinogenic

h) anti-carcinogenic

Explanation:

Cyclins are proteins that regulate the progression through the cell cycle, i.e., the transition of G1 to S phase. It is well known that high cyclin expression may lead to cell proliferation states, which is closely associated with cancer progression. Moreover, the blockage of cyclins may have an anti-carcinogenic effect by inhibiting the progression through the cell cycle. MAP kinases are serine/threonine kinases that regulate the progression through the cell cycle by phosphorylating a variety of substrates during cell proliferation. In consequence, phosphatases that inactivate MAPK kinases (i.e., by dephosphorylation) may have an anticarcinogenic effect. The p53 is a tumor suppressor protein involved in diverse cellular processes including DNA repair, cycle arrest and programmed cell death. This protein (p53) is activated by phosphorylation at target residues and phosphatases inactivate it, thereby the blockage of its degradation may have an anticarcinogenic effect. Oncogene activation (i.e., the expression of oncogenes), may alter diverse cellular processes including DNA replication, and thereby may lead to cancer development. The G-protein α subunit is a GTPase that hydrolyses GTP and thus has a major role in controlling the kinetics of the G-protein signaling cascade. Platelet-derived growth factor receptors (PDGFR) are kinase receptors that play roles in regulating cellular differentiation, cell proliferation and cell growth. PDGFR receptors are present on the surface of normal cells, however, it has been shown that mutations of the PDGFR genes that lead to their high expression lead to uncontrolled cell growth and consequently cause cancer (i.e., by increasing PDGF signaling).

5 0
3 years ago
With example in each,explain the meaning of epidermic diseases​
KIM [24]

AN EPIDEMIC is a disease that affects a large number of people within a community, population, or region. example coronavirus .

6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR SCIENCE BUT I NEED HELP
vovikov84 [41]
I have kinda of the same question but I don’t know it
6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Describe the role of plants in the movement of water through the water cycle. A) Plants act as a water reservoir by absorbing wa
Andrei [34K]
D) plants absorb water and use the water for photosynthesis
8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
State the role of alcohol in this investigation​
Naddika [18.5K]
You didn’t state the investigation we need to apply the role of alcohol to
3 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Other questions:
  • Next-generation sequencing reveals six new mutations have occurred in the coding regions of genes in an individual diploid fly.
    11·1 answer
  • The most serious complications of bulimia and anorexia nervosa include
    7·1 answer
  • Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?
    14·2 answers
  • What does this statement mean? Please give at least two sentences.
    11·1 answer
  • What is true of the parents of an organism with the genotype, aa?
    11·1 answer
  • 2. What season is it in the Northern Hemisphere in Picture B? Why?
    12·2 answers
  • Pls help and only answer if you can please
    8·2 answers
  • The diagram shows a model of a section of double-stranded DNA. The straight lines and dotted lines represent chemical bonds betw
    12·1 answer
  • What 2 products made during photosynthesis get used in cell respiration?
    11·2 answers
  • How are primary and secondary succession similar? a. both primary and secondary succession involve ecosystems that have no soil.
    8·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!