Question

Diane ingests a candy bar and this digested enters her bloodstream as __1____ which is an important source of energy for her body. However, her glucose levels are already high, so her liver cells convert some of the excess into ___2____ and fat cells convert some of it into fat. Diane’s friend Chris is currently experiencing low levels of ___1_____ so his liver converts _____2____ back into ___1_____ thanks to the hormone ____3_____.

1:
a. Glucose
b. Glucagon
c. Glycogen
d. Insulin

2:
a. Glucagon
b. Glycogen
c. Glucose
d. Insulin

3:
a. Glucose
b. Glucagon
c. Insulin
d. Glycogen

Answer 1

Answer:Diane ingests a candy bar and this digested enters her bloodstream as GLUCOSE which is an important source of energy for her body. However, her glucose levels are already high, so her liver cells convert some of the excess into GLYCOGEN and fat cells convert some of it into fat. Diane’s friend Chris is currently experiencing low levels of GLUCOSE so his liver converts GLYCOGEN back into GLUCOSE thanks to the hormone GLUCAGON. The correct options are 1.) Glucose, 2.) Glycogen, 3.) Glucagon

Step-by-step explanation:

After the ingestion of carbohydrates or sugars, it's absorbed into the body cells as glucose, after digestion, which is the primary source of energy for the body. When glucose is in excess, it's stored as Glycogen in liver cells or through lipogenesis process,converted to fat in fat cells. The stored glucose molecules ( glycogen) can be converted back to glucose when low levels of glucose is detected. The hormone glucagon prevent glucose levels from dropping soo low by acting on liver cells there by converting stored glycogen to glucose.

Answer 2

1- Glucose

2- Glycogen

1- Glucose

2- Glycogen

1- Glucose

3- Glucagon

Step-by-step explanation:

Diane, after ingesting a candy bar, digests it in her body to glucose. Glucose is a very important source of energy in the human body and is required for daily life as it is a major source of energy.

However, high levels of glucose already present in Diane's body will indicate to the body that the ingested sugar should be stored as glycogen by the liver cells.

The opposite being Chris' case, implies that a reverse reaction will occur as his liver then begins the conversion of stored up sugar in the form of glycogen to glucose which is released to his blood stream, maintaining glucose levels in his body. The conversion occurs with the influence of the hormone, glucagon, which performs an opposing role to the hormone insulin.