Blood sugar regulation

Ball-and-stick model of a glucose molecule

Blood sugar regulation is the process by which the levels of blood sugar, the common name for glucose dissolved in blood plasma, are maintained by the body within a narrow range.

The regulation of glucose levels through Homeostasis

This tight regulation is referred to as glucose homeostasis. Insulin, which lowers blood sugar, and glucagon, which raises it, are the most well known of the hormones involved, but more recent discoveries of other glucoregulatory hormones have expanded the understanding of this process. The gland called pancreas secretes two hormones and they are primarily responsible to regulate glucose levels in blood.[1]

  1. ^ Aronoff SL, Berkowitz K, Shreiner B, Want L (2004). "Glucose metabolism and regulation: Beyond insulin and glucagon". Diabetes Spectrum. 17 (3): 183–90. doi:10.2337/diaspect.17.3.183.