Medicine Questions
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The ________ cell subset of Islet of Langerhans in the Pancreas produces Somatostatin, which has an inhibitory effect on Insulin AND Glucagon. Somatostatin can possibly act in an ___________ fashion.
Alternatively to Insulin, Glucagon utilizes the ______ system to increase blood glucose.
Type II Diabetes is a genetic disease that can be caused by obesity. This is due to...
Explain how blood glucose levels are in a diabetic patient before eating vs. after eating?
_____________ is a class of drugs that increases incretin to decrease glucagon, resulting in an increase in insulin secretion.
_______________ can be used to treat anemia following chemo treatment to improve red blood cell function.
True or False: Insulin therapy is NOT mandatory for Type I Diabetes.
________________ is a class of drugs that increases insulin secretion by activating β-cells .
Type I Diabetes is an autoimmune disease that may be triggered by a viral infection. There is no explanation for this disease because...
Erythropoietin (EPO) stimulates _________ to increase ___________ within the body.
After you eat, blood glucose levels __________. This results in the secretion of _________ to stimulate cells to _________ glucose to decrease blood glucose levels.
What are 5 factors that can decrease oxygenation (hypoxia), which results in the stimulation of Erythropoietin (EPO) from the kidneys?
Erythropoietin (EPO) is a __________ hormone that is a cytokine for red blood cell precursors in the _________ ________.
What hormone INHIBITS growth hormone and insulin?
What device is used to measure blood glucose levels?
Hyperglycemia in diabetic patients is usually paired with ___________. If you cannot uptake glucose, you cannot uptake ____ either!
____________ ___________ are literally everywhere to move glucose across the cell membrane.
How is weight influenced by the GH (growth hormone) and Insulin when used together? Separate?
Insulin is cleaved to a ____ ______________. Therefore you can measure this instead of insulin. (think of the criminal who got caught because the insulin levels were higher than this)
Glucose is translated to ATP to cause the Na+/K+ channels to depolarize and stimulate _____ to release _________.