Some animals eat veggies some eat meat, some eat both. There is also the fact that the larger the animal is the more it has to eat to get the same nutrients. Like how the lower you are on the food chain the less you have to eat but the higher you get the more you have to eat.
Hormones glucagon and insulin are produced in the alpha and beta cells respectively in the Islet of Langerhan in the pancreas. They are involved in the negative feedback system of blood glucose regulation in homeostasis.
GLUCAGON: when there is a low blood glucose concentration, the pancreas detect this and alpha cells produce and release glucagon. Glucagon causes the cells of the body to absorb less glucose from the blood. It also inhibits the process of converting glucose into glycogen (glycogenesis) and cause gluconeogenesis (process of converting amino acids/proteins and lipids/fats into glucose) and glycogenolysis (conversion of glycogen to glucose). Finally, glucagon decreases the rate of respiration so less glucose is required.
INSULIN: when blood glucose is high, insulin is released. Insulin binds with cell surface receptors of cells and activates the enzymes attached to the receptor. The enzymes cause a conformational change in the structural proteins that surround glucose transport protein containing vesicles, causing them to move out of the way so the vesicles migrate up to the cell membrane and glucose transport proteins can fuse with it. Thus, more glucose can be taken in by cells. Insulin also cause glycogenesis (converting glucose into glycogen) and inhibits gluconeogenesis and glycogenolysis.
Basically insulin decreases blood glucose concentration (eg. after eating) and glucagon increases it (eg. skipping breakfast in the morning)
Answer: Alexandrium catenella is a species of dinoflagellates. Alexandrium has two flagella that enable it to swim. While one flagellum encircles the cell causing the cell to rotate and move forward, the other extends behind the cell and controls the direction.
The cell wall is composed of cellulose Theca.
Length 20 - 48 μm, width 18 - 34 μm
Yellow-green to orange-brown
Forms chains of 2, 4 or 8 cells
