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Page 3-80 Homeostasis and Selected Body Systems (1.5 points) (comprehension) Fil

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Page 3-80 Homeostasis and Selected Body Systems (1.5 points) (comprehension) Fill in the blanks OR circle the correct choice to get an accurate sequence of blood sugar regulation in the body. 11. You wake up in the morning. You haven't eaten since dinner last evening and you don't have time for breakfast. Your blood sugar levels are higher/ lower/ cerrectly aligned with the bodys normal set point. 12. As you shower and get dressed for school, the pancreas releases the hormone into the bloodstream. The hormone mentioned in question #12 travels to the (an organ). 14. This stabilizes blood sugar levels because when it receives the hormone, the organ will release from storage into the blood. 15. When you arrive at school, you grab a candy bar from the machine to eat before lecture. causes the sugar level in your blood to increase above the normal set point. The pancreas responds This by releasing the hormonewhich travels to the and causes it to fix the problem by absorbing the excess sugar. (comprehension) Fill in the blank with the letter of the correct choice. A. INCREASE B. DECREASE C. STAY THE SAME When a person smokes cigarettes, the action of the cilia in the respiratory tract will As your leg muscles contract, the amount of blood returning to your right atrium will As the blood travels through the inferior vena cava into the right atrium, the amount of CO 17. 18. present in the blood will 19. As blood travels from the aorta, through arterioles, and then into the capillaries of the kidney the rate of blood flow will

Explanation / Answer

11. When dinner is not consumed and even no time for breakfast early in the morning the blood sugar levels drop and becomes lower.

12. The pancreas releases glucagon hormone that releases glucose from glycogen stored in liver.

13. The glucagon travels to liver and breaks down the glycogen to release glucose into blood stream.

14. The hormone glucagon relesased from pancreas travels down to liver and breaksdown the glycogen stored to release the glucose into the blood stream.

15. Consumption of sugar candy bar increases the glucose levels in the blood. In response to increased glucose levels, pancreases releases the insulin hormone. This insulin hormone released into bloodstream and causes the absorption of excess sugar.