Principles of insulin acts
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The answer to your question is given below:
Insulin is a hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of pancreas. This hormone helps in regulating the level of blood glucose. Whenever the level of glucose in the blood rises above the normal, generally after taking a meal, insulin brings it down.
Insulin does this by signalling the entry of glucose into muscle, fat cells ( adipose tissue) and several other tissues. Liver and muscles after utilizing the glucose, store the excess glucose as glycogen ( polymer of glucose) by the process called glycogenesis.
Insulin also inhibits the breakdown of fat in adipose tissue for energy purpose and promotes the synthesis fatty acids in the liver after the liver gets saturated with glycogen.
All these events lead to the utilization of glucose and regulating its level in the blood.
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The answer to your question is given below:
Insulin is a hormone secreted by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans of pancreas. This hormone helps in regulating the level of blood glucose. Whenever the level of glucose in the blood rises above the normal, generally after taking a meal, insulin brings it down.
Insulin does this by signalling the entry of glucose into muscle, fat cells ( adipose tissue) and several other tissues. Liver and muscles after utilizing the glucose, store the excess glucose as glycogen ( polymer of glucose) by the process called glycogenesis.
Insulin also inhibits the breakdown of fat in adipose tissue for energy purpose and promotes the synthesis fatty acids in the liver after the liver gets saturated with glycogen.
All these events lead to the utilization of glucose and regulating its level in the blood.
Regards