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Describe negative feedback with reference to insulin and glucagon.

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Ans.In negative feedback, the output of a process decreases or inhibits the process. This mechanism works to return a condition towards its normal value.
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When the blood glucose concentration rises, pancreas secretes insulin. It decreases the blood glucose concentration. Decline in the blood glucose concentration to a normal set-point inhibits the secretion of insulin. Similarly, when blood glucose concentration drops below normal, pancreas secretes glucagon. It raises the blood glucose concentration, in this case, rise in the blood glucose concentration to a normal set-point inhibits the secretion of glucagon. In other words, the blood glucose concentration (output) controls the process i.e. the secretion of insulin and glucagon.

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