Digestive System Flashcards
What are the stages of the digestive system?
Ingestion Propulsion Digestion Absorption Elimination
What do Glucose transporters do?
They allow the transport of glucose over a plasma membrane
What are Glucose transporters?
Wide group of proteins
Where does absorption happen?
The intestinal membrane
How much blood glucose does the body try to maintain?
70-110 mg/dl
What does mg/dl stand for?
milligrams of glucose in 100 millilitres of blood
What is it called if you have a blood glucose level below 70 mg/dl?
Hypoglycemia
What is the normal level of blood glucose level 2-3 hours after eating?
above 110 but below 180
What is it called if you have a blood glucose level above 180?
hyperglycemia
What are the two main types of diabetes?
No insulin produced (type 1) and insulin ignored (type 2)
What is diabetes?
A disease that occurs when the amount of glucose in the blood is too high because the body can’t use it properly and if left untreated, it can cause health complications.
How can you prevent Type 2 diabetes?
Healthy eating and losing weight
