Lesson 2.1: What Is Diabetes? Flashcards
A test that determines blood glucose levels in the blood or urine used to detect diabetes
Glucose 7 Tolerance Test
The maintenance of relatively stable internal environment
Homeostasis 1
It circulates I’m blood and produces effect on the activity of cells
Hormone 4
A hormone secreted by the pancreas and regulation of glucose levels in the blood
Insulin 5
A primary mechanism of homeostasis that triggers a response that counteracts the initial fluctuation
Negative 2Feedback
Tends to magnify a process
Positive 3Feeback
Develops during a childhood or adolescence deficiency of insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels
Type 1 Diabetes 8
Develops especially in adults and most often obese individuals and has high blood glucose and impaired insulin utilization with the body’s inability to compensate
Type 2 Diabetes 9
A hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that raise blood glucose levels
Glucagon 6