Regulating Blood Sugar Questions
1. For each function of the pancreas below, identify the source of the function and describe each process.
a) secretion of digestive enzymes
b) lower blood sugar levels
c) raise blood sugar levels
2. You eat a meal with a high sugar content. Explain how each factor below will respond and why.
a) blood sugar
b) alpha cells
c) beta cells
3. You have not eaten a meal after several hours of exercise. How will each factor below respond and why?
a) blood sugar
b) alpha cells
c) beta cells
4. Draw a flow chart to illustrate how diabetes can result in excess thirst.
5. Describe three serious effects of diabetes.
6. Complete the table below to compare type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
7. Why do you think more intensive treatment is often required to manage type 1 diabetes than type 2 diabetes?