Which TCA component is syphoned off to increase glucose production via gluconeogenesis when glucose consumed levels are low?

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Q: Describe how insulin and glucagon collectively regulate the levelof glucose in the blood

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Q: Describe the negative feedback between Insulin and Glucagon

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Q: List the effects of increased Plasma Cortisol Concentration on organic metabolism?

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Q: Describe the glyceroneogenesis pathway. What moleculesare its substrates?

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Q: Describe how epinephrine promotes the conversionof glycogen to glucose.

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Q: What types of normal cells typicallyhave insulin receptors?

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Q: Name the hormone responsible for converting glycogen to glucose.

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Q: = epinephrine stimulate the breakdown of glycogen in the blood sugar levels?

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Q: How does GK activation lower blood glucose levels?

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Q: What is the link between insulin binding to the receptorand the eventual second messenger?

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Q: Describe various mechanisms for regulation of blood glucose.

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Q: What is the relation between fatty acid oxidation and insulin resistance in the muscle?

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