A hormone secreted by the alpha cells of the pancreas that causes increased blood glucose levels is ..........
Glucagon
The pancreatic islets of Langerhans contain alpha cells that secrete glucagon and beta cells that secrete insulin. When blood sugar falls, glucagon stimulates the liver to break down glycogen and form new glucose, so blood glucose rises.
Glycolysis is the breakdown of glucose to pyruvate and glycogenolysis is the breakdown of glycogen to glucose – both are metabolic processes, not hormones. Osmosis is the movement of water across a semipermeable membrane.
Hence, the hormone is Glucagon.
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