Diabetes

Question 1

pancreas

Answer 1

exocrine and endocrine gland, but mostly exocrine

Question 2

exocrine pancreatic duct delivers what to the small intestine?

Answer 2

bicarbonate and digestive enzymes

Question 3

Islets of Langerhans

Answer 3

endocrine part of pancreas:
- beta cells = secrete insulin
- alpha cells = produce glucagon

Question 4

Normal blood glucose

Answer 4

stable even with food intake and muscle activity changes

Question 5

Glucose Homeostasis

Answer 5

insulin and glucagon regulate breakdown of glycogen into glucose and synthesis of glycogen

Question 6

insulin

Answer 6

stimulates uptake of glucose from blood into all body cells by exocytosis of intracellular vesicles containing GLUT-4 transporters

Question 7

brain and glucose

Answer 7

relies on glucose almost entirely, uptakes sugars even without insulin

Question 8

diabetes mellitus

Answer 8

deficiency of insulin or
a decreased response to insulin in target tissues

Question 9

type 1 diabetes

Answer 9

• Juvenile diabetes
• autoimmune destruction of pancreatic B cells that produce insulin
• NO INSULIN

Question 10

type 2 diabetes

Answer 10

• Adult-onset diabetes
• Due to “insulin resistance”
• INSULIN NORMAL but desensitized cells