Question

place the hormone into each sentence to make it correct. 1. after a late night, you overslept this morning and woke up late for class. in a rush to leave the house, you failed to eat breakfast. a few hours later, with an empty stomach, your blood glucose drops. this prompts your pancreas to release click to select to stimulate breakdown of glycogen in the liver into glucose. 2. after morning class, with your stomach growling, you stagger to the cafeteria and devour a large pasta entree for lunch. following this meal, your blood sugar rises and the pancreas releases click to select in an attempt to shuttle blood sugar into your cells. 3. you go to your next class, but because youre so full from lunch, you doze off. you awake to your classmate poking you in the arm as you realize the teacher is calling your name to answer a question. with your heart racing, your body now releases click to select that increases glycogen breakdown in the liver and raises your blood sugar.

Explanation:

1. When blood glucose drops, the pancreas releases glucagon which stimulates the breakdown of glycogen in the liver into glucose.
2. When blood sugar rises after a meal, the pancreas releases insulin to shuttle blood sugar into cells.
3. In a stressful situation like being startled in class, the body releases epinephrine (adrenaline) which increases glycogen breakdown in the liver and raises blood sugar.

Answer:

1. Glucagon
2. Insulin
3. Epinephrine (Adrenaline)