6E Malfunctions In Homeostasis

Question 1

Type 1 diabetes defines as

Answer 1

when beta cells in pancreas are destroyed, creating an inability to regulate blood glucose levels.

Question 2

Symptoms of Type 1 diabetes

Answer 2

Insulin deficient, hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia

Question 3

Since glucose can’t be absorbed into the cells in hyperglycaemic patients…

Answer 3

Increased urination and excessive thirst

Excessive hunger and lethargy

Weight loss

Question 4

Long term effects of Hyperglycaemia

Answer 4

Vision loss

Heart disease and stroke

Tingling or numbness in feet

Prolonged wound healing

Kidney damage.

Question 5

Cause of Hypoglycaemia

Answer 5

Alpha cells don’t produce normal levels of glucagon, glucose levels fall

Question 6

Hypoglycaemia leads them to feel

Answer 6

Weak, dizzy, lose consciousness or even death

Question 7

Hyperthyroidism occurs when…

Answer 7

there are too many thyroid hormones that is secreted into the body.

Question 8

The thyroid secretes…

Answer 8

T3 and T4

Question 9

Hyperthyroidism happens when

Answer 9

the thyroid gland produces too much T3 and T4.

Question 10

Stimulus-Response Model of Hyperthyroidism

Answer 10

Stimulus
change in variety of factors, eg. body temp

Receptor
Hypothalamus

Secretion of TRH

Modulator
anterior pituitary gland

Secretion of TSH

Effector
thyroid gland

Response
release of T3 and T4