Glucagon - Answer A hormone that is released when blood glucose is low
Gluconeogenesis - Answer production of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources
Glucose sparing - Answer ATP used by neurons
Glycogenolysis - Answer breakdown of glycogen to glucose
(occurs in liver and skeletal muscle)
Glycogenesis - Answer glucose molecules joined to form glycogen
Glucose - Answer A simple sugar which is a component of many carbohydrates and an
important energy source
Glycolysis - Answer Breakdown of glucose
- the first step of cellular respiration (ie. lysing of the glucose molecule, making a
smaller molecule)
3 stages of urine formation - Answer glomerular filtration
tubular reabsorption
tubular secretion
Osteoblasts - Answer bone building cells (produce and secrete collagen fibres & ground
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