Pancreas and Its Artificial

What are the functions of Pancreas?

• Helps in digestion and regulating blood pressure

• Helps in digestion and regulating blood sugar

• Helps in blood sugar regulation and produces insulin

• Helps in blood sugar regulation and produces glucagon

Which component of the pancreas that produces hormone to regulate blood sugar

• Acinar Cells

• Beta Cells

• Delta Cells

• Islet of Langerhans

Choose one which not the function of Insulin

• Convert glycogen to glucose

• Oxidise glucose for energy

• Convert glucose to glycogen for storage

• Process glucose uptake from body

Choose one that is not the sign of diabetes mellitus

• Excessive urination flushing glucose and ketones

• Excessive thirst due to water loss

• Hunger due to inability to use sugar, and loss of fat and protein

• Extreme tiredness and paleness

Artificial Pancreas is a device used...

• to detect glucose level in blood

• to deliver amount of insulin needed by the body

• to convert glucose to energy needed by the body

• to convert stored glycogen to glucose

Choose all basic components for an artificial pancreas

• Glucose monitor, insulin reservoir, insulin pump

• Glucose monitor, insulin pump, algorithm for insulin delivery

• Insulin reservoir, insulin pump, algorithm for insulin delivery

Which sentence better describe close-loop system in artificial pancreas

• Require user acknowledgement prior to insulin dosing

• Does not require user acknowledgement for insulin delivery

• Bolus calculation was done by user

Choose one type of sensor that possible to be used by this system

• Electrode glucose sensor

• Microdialysis glucose sensor

• Electromagnetic radiation sensor

• Near infrared sensor

Why pancreatic insulin better than injection insulin?

• Insulin dosing is better because it takes into account food intake and physical activity.

• Insulin dosing is direct into the portal veins

• Insulin dosing is continuous

Choose suitable candidate for an artificial pancreas?

• Type II Diabetes

• Type I Diabetes

• Hypoglycemia