How do hormones regulate the human body?
This is a very general question, so many hormones regulate the human body in several different ways. A nice and easy example is the regulation of blood glucose levels. When your blood glucose is too high, the chemoreceptors of the hypothalamus detect this. It then sends a message to the pancreas asking it to release insulin. Insulin is the hormone that causes the muscles and tissues to ‘take up’ the excess glucose and also promotes the liver to take the glucose, convert it into glycogen and then store it. All of this helps to lower the levels to the normal range. If blood glucose is too low, the chemoreceptors of the hypothalamus detect this, it will then send a message to the pancreas telling to to secrete glucagon. Glucagon is the hormone that stimulates the liver to convert its stored glycogen into glucose which is used to ‘top up’ the levels until they return to normal. Other hormones that regulate processes in the human body are… – Vasopressin/ADH regulates our water levels. – A
