Question

What is the feedback mechanism of hormone regulation? Take the example of insulin to explain this phenomenon.

Answer 1

Feedback mechanism of hormone regulation:

1. The hormone feedback mechanism is the mechanism that keeps the hormone balance.
2. Increased or decreased hormone concentrations can occasionally stimulate and promote hormone release or inhibit hormone secretion. It's known as feedback.
3. The majority of hormones released by endocrine glands are controlled by feedback mechanisms.
4. A feedback mechanism is a loop that a product feeds into in order to manage its own production.
5. Positive and negative feedback mechanisms are two different types of feedback mechanisms.
6. Positive feedback stimulates and increases hormone secretion.
7. Negative feedback stops and inhibits the hormone from being produced.

Hormonal regulation of Insulin:

1. When we eat carbohydrate-rich foods, the level of glucose in our blood rises.
2. As blood glucose levels rise, the pancreas produces and releases insulin.
3. It will cause the cells to absorb more blood glucose. This is the method via which blood glucose levels fall.
4. When insulin is present in the blood, more glucose is carried into the cell, resulting in a glucose shortage in the blood.
5. Low glucose levels restrict insulin secretion in the circulation, causing negative feedback to prevent glucose shortages.