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PBS vocab 2.1.5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Telemedicine / Telehealth | lets your health care provider care for you without an in-person office visit. |
| hormones | chemical substances that act like messenger molecules in the body. |
| metabolism | the chemical reactions in the body's cells that change food into energy. |
| Cellular Respiration Equation | C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6 O 2 --> 6 CO 2 + 6 H 2 O + ATP |
| reactants | a substance that enters into and is altered in the course of a chemical reaction. |
| products | end substances after a biological process has occurred. |
| Adenosine Triphosphate | the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level. |
| diabetes mellatis | a metabolic disease, involving inappropriately elevated blood glucose levels |
| type 1 diabetes | a chronic condition |
| type 2 diabetes | a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. |
| Gestational Diabetes | a type of diabetes that develops during pregnancy. |
| hyperglycemia | high blood glucose (blood sugar) |
| hypoglycemia | occurs when the level of glucose in your blood drops below what is healthy for you. |
| autoimmune disorder | occurs when the body's immune system attacks and destroys healthy body tissue by mistake |
| organic macromolcules/ biomolecules | carbohydrates, protiens, lipids, nucleic acids |
| insulin | a hormone that lowers the level of glucose (a type of sugar) in the blood |
| glucose | the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body's cells |
| glucagon | a hormone that raises blood sugar (glucose). |
| negative feed back loop | when the product of a reaction leads to a decrease in that reaction |
| positive feedback loop | occurs in nature when the product of a reaction leads to an increase in that reaction |
| blood glucose meter | a small, portable machine that's used to measure how much glucose (a type of sugar) is in the blood |
| Continuous Glucose Monitor | the ability to constantly measure a person's blood glucose levels throughout the day and night |
| insulin pump | a small device that delivers insulin through a small plastic tube (catheter) |
| pancreas | a long, flat gland that lies in the abdomen behind the stomach |
| alpha cells | endocrine cells that are found in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. |
| beta cells | cells that make insulin, a hormone that controls the level of glucose (a type of sugar) in the blood |
| hypertonic | above normal/higher |
| hypotonic | below/lower |
| isotonic | Having equal tension or tonicity |
| diffusion | movement of anything from high to low |
| concentration gradient | occurs when the concentration of particles is higher in one area than another. |
| imosis | the net movement of water across a semipermeable membrane. |
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