Blood Sugar Regulation

Maintains Blood Sugar in a approporiate range

Insulin	Decrease Blood Sugar, From Pancrea
Glucagon	Increase Blood Sugar, From Pancrea
Epinephrine	Increase Blood Sugar, Mobilize Carbohydrate Stores responding to stress, From Adrenal Medulla
Norepinephrine	Increase Blood Sugar, Turn Glycogen to Glucose responding to stress, From Adrenal Medulla
Cortisol	Increase Blood Sugar, Make sugar available for Metabolism, From Adrenal Cortex

Source: beta-cells, Islets of Langerhans, Pancrea
Sink: Liver, muscle, other cells
Effect:
- Body cell becomes more permeable to glucose
- Liver converts Glucose to Glycogen
- BloodSugar Decreases

Take in sugars -> Increase Blood Sugar -> Deteted by insulin secret cells -> Liver takes up Glucose -> Blood Sugar decreases and process stops.

Lack of production and using insulin

Glucose only goes into cell with Insulin, therefore the victims can't have glucose as a energy source.

The sugar eventually leaves the body with urine via osmosis

Juvenile-Onset

Degeneration of Islets cells

Adult-Onset

Insufficient production of Insulin

Gestational Diabetes

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