Fill in the blank boxes of the table with short phrases that describe the main role of each organ with respect to glucose/energy metabolism ORGANS FASTING FEASTING EXERCISE Intestine No nutrients are being digested or absorbed Digests and
Fill in the blank boxes of the table with short phrases that describe the main role of each organ with respect to glucose/energy
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ORGANS |
FASTING |
FEASTING |
EXERCISE |
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Intestine
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No nutrients are being digested or absorbed |
Digests and absorbs nutrients |
Depends when the person last ate- could be absorbing or not |
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Brain
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Uses glucose |
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Pancreas
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Releases insulin |
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Liver
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Glycogenolysis If intense exercise: Gluconeogenesis, lipolysis, amino acid breakdown |
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Muscle
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Stores glycogen Builds muscle |
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Adipose Tissue
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Releases triglycerides to yield energy |
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Kidney
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Filtering lots of urea |
Filtering urea |
Filtering urea |
Glycogenolysis is the release of glucose from the glycogen stores during exercise or during fasting.
Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic pathway that results in the generation of glucose from certain non-carbohydrate carbon substrates.
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