Wordsearch 1

Question 1

These ‘islets’ within the pancreas contain alpha and beta cells

Answer 1

Langerhans

Question 2

The liver stores excessive glucose as what?

Answer 2

Glycogen

Question 3

An acute complication of type 1 diabetes

Answer 3

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Question 4

Raised blood sugar levels

Answer 4

Hyperglycaemia

Question 5

The liver breaks down fatty acids to make what?

Answer 5

Ketones

Question 6

The name given to describe the deep, laboured, and rapid breathing in DKA

Answer 6

Kussmaul breathing

Question 7

Kidneys release renin from what cells of the kidney?

Answer 7

Juxtaglomerular

Question 8

An acute complication of type 2 diabetes

Answer 8

Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state

Question 9

Renin travels to the liver where what is converted to angiotensin?

Answer 9

Angiotensinogen I

Question 10

Angiotensin I travels to the lungs where it is affected by ACE and converts into angiotensin II causing what?

Answer 10

Vasoconstriction

Question 11

What is released from the adrenal glands during the RAAS system?

Answer 11

Aldosterone

Question 12

What causes an increase in water reabsorption in the collecting duct of the nephron?

Answer 12

Anti diuretic hormone

Question 13

Pain caused by the activation of specialist nerve fibres

Answer 13

Nociceptive

Question 14

Long term damage to nerve fibres

Answer 14

Neuropathic

Question 15

The 4 parts of nociceptive pain

Answer 15

Nociception, transmission, perception, modulation

Question 16

What part of the brain receives most of the pain signal?

Answer 16

Thalamus

Question 17

A new growth of cells which is abnormal

Answer 17

Neoplasm

Question 18

Cancer from glandular epithelial cells

Answer 18

Adenocarcinomas

Question 19

The 2 types of strokes

Answer 19

Ischaemic, haemorrhagic

Question 20

Difficulty with language

Answer 20

Dysphasia

Question 21

The most common type of dementia

Answer 21

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 22

The term given to the brain’s ability to ‘remap’, learn new tasks

Answer 22

Neuroplasticity

Question 23

Type of seizure where there is widespread erratic electrical activity, patient loses awareness for a short time and looks ‘blank’

Answer 23

Absence

Question 24

Non-epileptic seizures are otherwise known as?

Answer 24

Dissociative seizures

Question 25

Type of seizure where there is widespread erratic electrical activity caused by ‘jerk’ like movements and the patient is normally conscious

Answer 25

Myoclonic

Question 26

The hallmark of cancer (6)

Answer 26

Unlimited proliferation, evading growth suppressors, resistance to cell death, replicative immortality, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis