CSOWM - Digestion & Metabolism
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Hormone Production/Secretion Sites
🗸🗸: Stomach (Gastric Fundus)
- ghrelin
Small Intestine
Duodenum: CCK, GIP
Jejunum: GIP
Ileum: GLP-1, PYY, OXM
Large Intestine
- PYY
Pancreas
- insulin, amylin, glucagon
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Adipose Tissue
- leptin, adiponectin
Glucagon
🗸🗸: Hormone produced and secreted by the alpha cells in the pancreas in response to a drop in
blood sugar, prolonged fasting, exercise and protein-rich meals.
Functions
Triggers glycogenolysis - ie triggers the liver to convert stored glucose (glycogen) into a usable form
and then release it into your bloodstream.
Prevents your liver from taking in and storing glucose so that more glucose stays in your blood.
Helps your body make glucose from other sources, such as amino acids.
Ghrelin
🗸🗸: Hormone produced/secreted in the gastric fundus (dome shaped upper part of stomach)
Functions