Glucose+and+Insulin+Model

Glucose is the vehicle by which energy gets from digested food to the cells of the body. In Type I diabetes mellitus, insufficient insulin is available to help get glucose out of the blood and into the cells of the body. This activity has been designed so that students can investigate the negative feedback loop between blood glucose and insulin, one of the mechanisms designed to maintain homeostasis in the human body.

Glucose - Insulin Model