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What is the biological significance of maintaining a relatively constant sugar level in a human body?

      

What is the biological significance of maintaining a relatively constant sugar level in a human body?

  

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Isacko
body cells are surrounded by tissue ?uids that are isotonic/same osmotic pressure as cytoplasm

if sugar level is high/hypertonic, cell will lose water by osmosis to the surrounding, thus increasing the concentration of the contents

this changes the physiology of the cell

if the blood sugar is lower than the normal, the cytoplasm gains water by osmosis,

diluting the cell contents, thus altering the physiology of the cel
Mohaissack answered the question on October 5, 2017 at 14:42


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