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Biomedical 2.1
What is Glucagon
Protein hormone secreted by pancreatic endocrine cells that raises blood glucose levels ; an
antagonistic hormone to insulin.
What is a glucose tolerance test
A test of the body's ability to metabolize glucose and determine the blood glucose levels in
the blood or urine; used to detect diabetes.
Homeostasis
The maintenance of a stable internal physiological conditions
Hormone
A product of living cells that circulates in the blood and produces a specific effect on the
activity of cells
Insulin
A protein hormone secreted by the pancreas that's essential for the matabolisom of
carbohydrates and the glucose blood levels.
Negative Feedback
A primary mechanism of homeostasis, a change in the physiological variable that's being
monitored
Positive feedback
Feedback that tends to magnify a process or increase its output
Type 1 diabetes
Usually develop as a child or adolescence; severe insulin deficiency, leading to high
glucose levels in blood
Type 2 diabetes
Develops as an adult or as obese, high blood sugar resulting from impaired insulin with the
body's inability to compensate insulin