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WorksheetsPancreas Review
Total questions: 5
Worksheet time: 50secs
A 22-year-old woman presents with a recurrent vaginal candidiasis that is refractory to nystatin treatment. Diabetes screening shows elevated fasting blood glucose, and the patient is started on 25 U of insulin per day. Which aspect of glucose transport is enhanced by insulin?
Transport across the tubular epithelium of the kidney
Transport against a concentration gradient
Transport into adipocytes
Transport into the brain
Transport through the intestinal mucosa
The insulin-glucagon ratio would be expected to be lowest:
Immediately after a high carbohydrate meal
Immediately after a high protein meal
After an overnight fast
After a 3-day fast
Following a meal, glucose stimulates insulin secretion in pancreatic beta cells via?
Activating potassium channels
Blocking beta-adrenergic receptors
Increasing cellular ATP levels
Decreasing cellular calcium levels
GLUT4 mediated beta cell entry
Which curve (letter) represents the blood glucose from a normal individual with a healthy pancreas, who easts a small meal at time 1 hour?
(a)
Which curve (letter) represents the blood glucose from a patient receiving an injection of insulin following a 12 hour fast without any glucose at time zero?
(a)
