Blood Sugar Control Room
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Glucose, insulin and glucagon particles flow through the large blood vessels of a body built from public anatomy models (HuBMAP HRA, BodyParts3D): liver, pancreas, small intestine, muscle and kidneys, with the hypothalamus glowing in a zoom window. Eat, fast or run and let time flow to see how pancreatic hormones and autonomic nerves change glycogen storage and breakdown in the liver to keep blood glucose steady by negative feedback, then find out why diabetes develops in a body that makes almost no insulin or where insulin works poorly.
Key conceptsblood glucose regulation · insulin · glucagon · glycogen · hypothalamus · autonomic nerves · negative feedback · antagonistic action · homeostasis · diabetes