What hormone is responsible for decreasing blood glucose

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Assignment:

Your patient has had HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE levels even when fasting. Explain what cold be wrong. In your explanation be sure to include:

A-Which main endocrine gland/organ is directly responsible for homeostasis of blood glucose?

B- What hormone is responsible for decreasing blood glucose?

C-What cells in the organ you mentioned in "A" produces and releases the hormone in "B"?

D- What are the target tissues? How this could happen if the endocrine organ is damaged vs. if the receptors on the target tissue are damaged?

E- How can you tell if it a problem with the endocrine gland/organ not producing/releasing the hormone vs. the problem is the target cell/receptor is resistive/damaged/not responding to the hormone?

F- Explain how in a normal person negative feedback would work to reduce blood glucose levels.

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