Medicine

Question 1

What simple blood test can be self-administered using a readily available portable device?

Answer 1

test for blood glucose level

Question 2

Type I Diabetic patients are missing the chemical ___

Answer 2

insulin

Question 3

Modern medical advances have allowed people with diabetes to purchase simple blood ___ tests from local drugstores, helping them decide if they need to administer insulin.

Answer 3

glucose

Question 4

Better sutures and artificial skin are two areas where chemistry has helped surgical patients.

Answer 4

true

Question 5

What is a requirement for the chemistry of replacement blood vessels?

Answer 5

all of the above (no se cuales son)

Question 6

What disease results from the inability of the pancreas to produce insulin?

Answer 6

diabetes mellitus

Question 7

How long did it take Frederick Sanger to complete the insulin research that earned him the Nobel Prize?

Answer 7

12 years

Question 8

Complete the sentence using one of the following terms: glucose, insulin or pancreatin.

___ is a sugar needed to provide biochemical energy for all the cells of the body.

Answer 8

glucose

Question 9

What is the name given to a chemical substance that is used to treat disease?

Answer 9

drug

Question 10

Who discovered the structure of insulin?

Answer 10

Frederick Sanger

Question 11

The chemistry of the treated disease, and how the potential drug affects the body, are two things that need to be studied to develop a new drug

Answer 11

true