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Flashcards by Tamara Lancaster, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Tamara Lancaster
over 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| In what order does food pass through your organs? | Mouth -> oesophageus -> Stomach -> Small intestine - > Large intestine -> anus |
| What stages does food go through to turn into energy? | Food -> molecules -> absorbed by blood -> glucose -> energy! |
| What requires most of your energy? | Muscles because they are constantly moving |
| Define glucose | Glucose - a sugar used in repiration to produce energy |
| Define glycogen | Glycogen - a storage substance made of glucose , it is stored in the liver |
| What is insulin? | A hormone that tells your body when to change glucose into glycogen |
| What is Glucagon? | A hormone that tells your liver to change glycagon back into glucose |
| What and how is glucose used? | Glucose is used by cells in a process called respiration |
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