Quiz 2; Control of Blood Glucose Concentration

Most control mechanisms in living organisms use a ................ feedback control loop to maintain homeostatic balance.

• positive

• negative

• none

• both positive and negative

Muscles and glands are also called as ....... because they give respond after the stimuli are processed

• receptor

• sensor

• effector

• sensory

....... senses change in factor

• receptor

• muscle

• effector

• gland

....... receive information from ........

• Effectors, receptors

• Receptors, effectors

• Sensor, effector

• Glands, muscle

Negative feedback; if there is a decrease in the factor, then something happens to make it .............

• decrease

• increase

• equal

• lessen

Carbohydrate is transported through the human bloodstream in the form of .............. in solution in the blood plasma.

• glycogen

• glucose

• starch

• carbohydrate

Glucose is converted into the polysaccharide .........., a large, insoluble molecule made up of many ....... units

• glycogen, glucose

• glucose, glycogen

• starch, glucose

• glycogen, maltose

The homeostatic control of blood glucose concentration is carried out by two hormones secreted by endocrine tissue in the ..........

• heart

• gall bladder

• liver

• pancreas

....... cells secrete glucagon

• Beta

• Alpha

• Insulin

• Heart

....... cells secrete insulin

• Beta

• Alpha

• Insulin

• Heart