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Cards In This Set
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Diabetes is a chronic multisystem disease related to
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Abnormal insulin production, impaired insulin utilization, or both
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Diabetes is the lading cause of... (3 things)
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Adult Blindness, End Stage Renal Disease, Non traumatic lower limb amputation
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Diabetes is a major contributing factor to ....(2 things)
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Heart disease and stroke
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The two most comon types of Diabetes is ...
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Type 1 and Type 2
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Besides type 1 and type 2 other types of Diabetes are...(3 types)
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Gestational (around pregnancy), prediabetes, secondary diabetes (sometimes resolves)
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Insulin is a hormone produced by ___________ cells in the islets of ________ which is located in the ________.
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Beta cells, islets os langerhorns, pancreas
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Under normal conditions insulin is released ______ into the bloodstream in small pulsatil increments ( a ____ rate) and a increased release (______) when food is ingested.
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Continuously, basal rate, bolus
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The released insulin under normal conditions stablizes blood glucose by lowering it to ranges between ___ and ___ mg/dl or ____ to____ mmol/L.
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70 to 120 mg/dl, 3.9 to 6.66 mmol/L
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Insulin promotes glucose transportation from the _____ , across the ___ ______ and into the _____. This _____ in the bloodstream.
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Bloodstream, across the cell membrane and into the cytoplasm. This decreases glucose in the bloodstream.
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When the glucose is in the cytoplasm of the cell it can be manufactured and used for _____.
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Energy
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The rise in plasma insulin after a _____ stimulates the storage of glucose as ______ in the liver, inhibits _________, enhances fat deposition as adipose tissue and increases _____ synthesis
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Meal, glycogen, gluconeogensis, protein snythesis
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Glucagon, growth hormone, cortisol, epinephrine are examples of what types of hormones?
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Counter regulatory hormones
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Counter regulatory hormones oppose the effects of ______, increase blood ____ levels, provide a regulated relase of blood glucose for energy, help maintain normal blood glucose levels
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Insulin increase blood glucose levels
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Type I diabetes most often occurs in people under the age of ?
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30
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The peak onset of type 1 diabetes is between the ages of ___ and ____
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11 and 13
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