CAIE IGCSE Biology 14.3.6 Role of Adrenaline in the Control Questions
Practise describing how adrenaline increases blood glucose concentration and heart rate.
- Syllabus
- 2026–2028
- Course
- Biology 0610
Practise describing how adrenaline increases blood glucose concentration and heart rate.
Adrenaline also affects blood glucose concentration.
Suggest how this is an advantage for the "fight or flight" response.
any three from:
1 (adrenaline) causes the, breakdown / conversion, of, glycogen / stored carbohydrate ;
2 increasing (blood) glucose concentration ;
3 glucose used in respiration releasing energy ;
4 energy used for muscle contraction ;
5 AVP ;
e.g. increased glucose uptake by cells