PATH1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Blood Sugar, Insulin, Metabolic Disorder
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Diabetes mellitus: metabolic disorder: abnormal chemical reactions that alter the normal metabolic processes, characterised by. Abnormal secretion and/or action of adh (anti diuretic hormone) Bodies" energy sources: the food that we eat provides us with the necessary energy to produce biological work (chemical processes, transport, going for a run, all 2 macronutrients (carbs, fats, proteins) can be used to produce energy (atp) Cho- most important macronutrient as the brain and cns rely exclusively on a continual supply of glucose as an energy source: following a meal blood glucose levels increase, controlled within very fine limits . Normoglycemic (able to control amount of blood glucose in system): fasting blood glucose (didn"t eat all day) < 5. 5 mmol/l: oral glucose tolerance test. Secreted by the cells that make up the endocrine cell portion (islets of langerhans) of the. Pancreas (endocrine and exocrine organ, secretes hormones and chemicals: secreted in response to, high blood glucose levels, parasympathetic stimulation (rest, action.
