maladroit definition: The definition of maladroit is awkward or showing a lack of skills. (adjective) An example of a maladroit person is an employee who cannot accomplish the simplest tasks of the job....
Insulin: An elevated blood glucose concentration results in the secretion of insulin: glucose is transported into body cells. The uptake of glucose by liver, kidney and brain cells is by diffusion and does not require insulin.
Glucose is important to the cells of the body, particularly the brain, as an energy source. However, the level of glucose in the blood must be regulated so that it does not rise too high. When the bloodstream contains glucose the pancreas is stimulated to produce the hormone insulin.Insulin causes glucose to be usable by the body cells and excess to be stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen.lycogen is stored in the liver and in muscles and can be converted back to glucose when needed by the body. Diabetes. A disease in which there is too much sugar in the blood. It results in tiredness, thirst and the production of a large volume of urine.