What Is Diabetes? – Key Terms

Question 1

Homeostasis

Answer 1

The maintenance of relatively stable internal environment.

Question 2

Negative Feedback

Answer 2

A primary mechanism of homeostasis that triggers a response that counteracts the initial fluctuation.

Question 3

Positive Feedback

Answer 3

Feedback that tends to magnify a process.

Question 4

Hormone

Answer 4

Circulates in blood, produces a specific effect on the activity of cells.

Question 5

Insulin

Answer 5

Hormone secreted by the pancreas, regulation of glucose levels in the blood.

Question 6

Glucagon

Answer 6

Hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that raises blood glucose levels.

Question 7

Glucose Tolerance Test

Answer 7

Determination of blood glucose levels in the blood or urine used especially to detect diabetes.

Question 8

Type 1 Diabetes

Answer 8

Develops during childhood or adolescence, is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin, leading to high blood glucose levels.

Question 9

Type 2 Diabetes

Answer 9

Develops especially in adults and most often obese individuals by high blood glucose, impaired insulin utilization coupled with the body’s inability to compensate.