Homeostasis
Project BackGround:
For the homeostasis project we were told to find one body function that is regulated by homeostasis and show how its regulated. Our group was Dean Alex Connor. and me. We chose to do Blood sugar. The project lasted about 3 weeks and we needed to do an actual test and make a poster showing our research. BloodSugar is regulated by hormones like inculin and glucogon. insulin brings blood sugar down and glucogon brings it up. Homeostasis is basically a balancing act between too high and too low blood sugar levels. When you eat food your blood sugar levels go up so your body releases insuin to bring levels back down.
Concepts and Def.
Homeostasis: The process of keeping stable internal conditions in the body
Blood Sugar: The amount of sugar in the blood stream
Insulin: Insulin is a hormone involved in blood sugar homeostasis. When the body detects that there is too much glucose (the sugar in blood sugar) in the bloodstream, insulin is released into the bloodstream. It then travels to the liver, where it slows the conversion of glycogen (the storage form of glucose) into glucose. This has the effect of lowering the blood sugar levels of the body
Glucagon: Glucagon is a hormone that performs the reverse function of insulin. When the body detects too little glucose in the bloodstream, glucagon is released. Once in the bloodstream, glucagon travels to the liver, where it accelerates the conversion of glycogen to glucose. This has the effect of heightening the amount of glucose in the bloodstream.
Reflection
This homeostasis project was the most fun so far. My group was really enjoyable and we got very detailed conclusions. We learned in great amounts on how blood sugar is affected. One bad thing was time management. We tended to procrastinate earlier on, leaving more work for later days. We did have good connection, which increased all of our work ethics. Overall this was pretty fun I liked my group and we worked well.