diabetes Flashcards
1
Q
What is type 1 diabetes
A
pancreas does not produce insulin
2
Q
what is type 2 diabetes
A
The pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or your body does not properly use insulin to make it
3
Q
Diabetes mellitus (what are the types) what are the causes
A
type 1 and type 2
not enough secretion of insulin from islet cells in pancreas
high blood sugar
proximal tube cells have only have enough to reabsorb 0.1% of blood sugar
Water is not reabsorbed and stays with glucose in nephron
void large volumes of urine
