Question

Q. A person’s blood glucose level fluctuates during the day, asrepresented in Figure 1. Two hormones, insulin and glucagon,are directly involved in regulating the blood glucose level tomaintain a healthy level. Insulin acts to lower the blood glucoselevel, and glucagon acts to increase the blood glucose level.Which of the following best predicts what will happen to theblood glucose level if the person has another meal at 5 pm?Immediately after the meal, the blood Immediately after the meal. the blood. glucose level will decrease because of the . glucose level will increase, and then insulinincrease in glucagon levels. will be secreted to counter the increase.Several hours after the meal, the blood The blood glucose level Will not change after. . the 5 pm. meal because the person hasglucose level wull Increase sharply because of. . . . already consumed two meals and the bloodan Increase In the amount of glucagon .secreted glucose level has been adjusted to a steady.' state level.

Answer 1

Answer:

If the person has another meal after 5 pm, the glucose level in the blood will increase, and the insulin level too.

Several hours after the meal, the glucose levels will decrease, and the glucagon levels will increase.

Explanation:

When a person ingests another meal after 5 p.m, the glucose levels in the blood will increase, as the body does not need all that glucose right now the insulin levels in the blood will increase to store glucose for later. The glucagon levels after a meal are very low because the aim is to store glucose not use it.

Several hours after the meal, the body needs the energy to keep operating so it will use the glucose that was stored, to do this, the levels of glucagon in blood have to increase and release the glucose, and the levels of insulin in blood have to decrease.