Question

Even after you eat a sweet dessert, the level of glucose in your blood stays relatively constant. This is an example of ______, the maintenance of relatively constant internal conditions despite fluctuations in the external environment.. . .

Answer 1

This is an example of homeostasis, the maintenance of relatively constant internal conditions despite fluctuations in the external environment

Regulation of glucose levels in the blood is just one of many examples of homeostasis in the body.

Glucose blood levels are regulated by the balance of insulin and glucagon.

Insulin is hormone secreted by the pancreas in response to increased blood glucose following a meal such as sweet desert.

Glucagon, on the other hand is a hormone with opposite function ( its release from the pancreas occurs in response to decreased glucose level, so glucagon promotes glucose production).