BIOL 2160 : Physiology Test 3
Document Summary
Glycogen synthesis: stores energy in skeletal muscle in liver. Glucose can only be found in our blood or cells: raising or lowering your blood glucose level is just moving glucose either into your blood or into your cells. If our blood sugar gets low enough and has already burned through all of its glycogen then the cells in your liver will run glycolysis in reverse and make glucose out of proteins and carbs in the body. Biomolecules (carbs, proteins, fats: broken down for fuel, can be used raw to make new materials, or stored as glycogen (carbohydrate) or fat (triglycerides) Metabolic rate fast or slow metabolism : amount of work (heat+work) released per unit of time. Glucagon: does the opposite of insulin, catabolic hormone: breaks down glucose in the cell to be released into the blood stream, decrease amount released during absorptive state.
