Homeostasis - Glucose Metabolism

1) A mechanism functioning to maintain a stable environment, is most likely to involve - negative feedback

2) MATCH THE FOLOWING TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH ORGANIZATION IN ORGANISMS

1. Atom

Selected:d. Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, OxygenThis answer is correct.

2. Molecule

Selected:c. Water, Glucose, Carbon DioxideThis answer is correct.

3. Macromolecule

Selected:a. Protein, Lipid, Carbohydrate, Nucleic AcidThis answer is correct.

4. Organelle

Selected:g. Nucleus, Golgi Apparatus, Mitochondria, Endoplasmic ReticulumThis answer is correct.

5. Cell

Selected:b. Muscle Cell, Neuron, Erythrocyte, Leukocyte, Sperm, Ova, Pacinian CorpuscleThis answer is correct.

6. Tissue

Selected:f. Epithelia, Connective, Muscle, NerveThis answer is correct.

7. Organ

Selected:i. Heart, Lungs, Brain, Skin,.etc.This answer is correct.

8. Organ System

Selected:h. Respiratory, Circulatory, Nervous, digestive… .etcThis answer is correct.

9. Organism

Selected:e. A living thing

3) MATCH THE FOLLOWING TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH GLUCOSE METABOLISM

1. LOWERS BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL BY STIMULATING UPTAKE

Selected:g. INSULINThis answer is correct.

2. INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS BY STIMULATING RELEASE

Selected:d. GLUCAGONThis answer is correct.

3.

GLYCOGENESIS

Selected:a.

FORMATION OF GLYCOGEN

This answer is correct.

4. STORES AND RELEASES GLYCOGEN

Selected:h. MUSCLE AND LIVERThis answer is correct.

5. LOW BLOOD SUGAR

Selected:f. HYPOGLYCEMIAThis answer is correct.

6. HIGH BLOOD SUGAR

Selected:b. HYPERGLYCEMIAThis answer is correct.

7. TYPE II DIABETES

Selected:c. INSULIN RESISTANCEThis answer is correct.

8. SOMATOSTATIN

Selected:e.

INHIBITS INSULIN & GUT ACTIVITY AS WELL AS LIMITING PERMEABILITY OF THE INTESTINAL LUMEN TO GLUCOSE

This answer is correct.

9. GLYCOGENOLYSIS

Selected:i.

THE BREAKDOWN OF GLYCOGEN TO FORM FREE GLUCOSE

4) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FORMS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY IS CHARACTERIZED BY DESTRUCTION OF THE BETA CELLS DUE TO AN AUTOIMMUNE RESPONSE. IT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS DIABETES MELLITUS OR JUVENILE DIABETES - DIABETES TYPE I

5) HYPOGLYCEMIA AND PARTICULARLY ACUTE OR PATHOLOGICAL HYOPOGLYCEMIA IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS - a. FATIGUE, LIGHT HEADEDNESS, LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, SHOCK, AND POTENTIALLY COMA

6) DIABETES AND PARTICULARLY POORLY REGULATED OR UNTREATED DIABETES IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS - NEUROPATHY, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, ULCERATIONS, TISSUE NECROSIS IN THE EXTREMITIES, DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, AMPUTATION, BLINDNESS, SEPSIS AND DEATH

7) THE PROCESS OF GLYOCGEN BREAKDOWN IN RESPONSE TO GLUCAGON AND MEDIATED BY ENZYMES LIKE GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE AND THE DEBRANCHING ENZYME IS CALLE - GLYCOGENOLYSIS

8) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CELL TYPES OF THE PANCREAS RESPONDS TO HYPOGLYCEMIA? - ALPHA CELLS

9) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CELL TYPES OF THE PANCREAS RESPONDS TO HYPERGLYCEMIA? - BETA CELLS

10) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CELL TYPES OF THE PANCREAS RELEASES THE HORMONE SOMATOSTATIN? DELTA CELLS

11) WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING FORMS OF PATHOPHYSIOLOGY IS CHARACTERIZED BY INSULING RESISTANCE DUE TO OBESITY AND SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE? - DIABETES TYPE II