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Carbohydrates: Review for Board Exam
Clinical Lab Science : Review for Board Exam CLS
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 4
12/19/2010

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Term
GLYCOLYSIS
Definition
GLUCOSE ----> PYRUVATE ----> LACTATE
Term
GLYCOGENESIS
Definition
GLUCOSE ----> GLYCOGEN
Term
GLYCONEOGENESIS
Definition
NONCARBOHYDRATE SOURCES ----> GLUCOSE
Term
GLYCOGENOLYSIS
Definition
GLYCOGEN ----> GLUCOSE
Term
INSULIN
Definition
SECRETED BY THE BETA CELLS OF THE PANCREAS, FACILITATES THE ENTRY OF GLUCOSE INTO HEPATOCYTESM ADIPOCYTES, RED CELLS, AND MONOCYTES BY MAKING THE CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABLE TO GLUCOSE
Term
GLUCAGON
Definition
SECRETED BY THE ALPHA CELLS OF THE PANCREAS, STIMULATES GLYCOGENESIS AND GLUCONEOGENESIS
Term
HYPOGLYCEMIA
Definition
CHARACTERIZED BY LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY OVERADMINISTRATION OF INSULIN OR ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS, SEVERE HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION, INSULINOMA, AND INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM
Term
EPINEPHRINE
Definition
SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL MEDULLA AND INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
Term
GROWTH HORMONE
Definition
SECRETED BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY AND INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
Term
ACTH (ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE)
Definition
SECRETED BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY AND INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
Term
GLUCOCORTICOIDS
Definition
SECRETED BY THE ADRENAL CORTEX AND INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
Term
THYROID HORMONES (T4 AND T3)
Definition
SECRETED BY THE THYROID GLAND AND INCREASES BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
Term
POLYURIA
Definition
INCREASED URINE OUTPUT
Term
POLYDIPSIA
Definition
INCREASED THRIST
Term
POLYPHAGIA
Definition
INCREASED APPETITE
Term
HYPERGLYCEMIA
Definition
ELEVATED BLOOD GLUCOSE
Term
DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
CHRONIC DISEASE THAT CAUSES HYPERGLYCEMIA BECAUSE OF INSULIN RESISTANCE
Term
ACUTE COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
HYPOGLYCEMIA
KETOACIDOSIS
Term
CHRONIC COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
NEUROPATHY
RETINOPATHY
NEPHROPATHY
ANGIOPATHY
INFECTION
TISSUE NECROSIS (GANGRENE)
Term
TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
RESULT OF BETA CELL DESTRUCTION WHICH LEADS TO ABSOLUTE INSULIN DEFIENCY;
MORE PRONE TO DEVELOP OTHER AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS; DEPENDENT ON INSULIN; PRESENCE OF HLA TYPES SUCH AS B8, BW15, DR3, AND DR4
Term
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
INSULIN RESISTANCE ; RISK INCREASES WITH AGE AND LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, FAMILY HISTORY
Term
GESTATIONAL DIABETES
Definition
TRANSIENT DIABETES DURING PREGNANCY; INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING TYPE 2 DIABETES LATER IN LIFE
Term
GLYCATED HEMOGLOGIN
Definition
KETOAMINE STRUCTURE WHERE GLUCOSE IS IRREVERSIBLY BOUND TO HEMOGLOBIN
Term
GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN
Definition
REVERSIBLE STAGE WHERE GLUCOSE MAY EQUILIBRATE WITH THE HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULE
Term
MICROALBUMINURIA
Definition
LOW BUT ABNORMAL LEVELS OF ALBUMIN IN THE URINE AND IS THE EARLIEST INDICATOR OF NEPHROPATHY IN DIABETICS
Term
SCREENING FOR MICROALBUMINURIA
Definition
1. ALBUMIN-CREATININE RATIO DETERMINED ON A RANDOM SPOT URINE
2. SERUM AND URINE CREATININE IS MEASURED AND A CREATININE CLEARANCE PERFORMED ON A 24-HOUR URINE COLLECTION
3. URINE CREATININE IS MEASURED IN A TIMED URINE COLLECTION
4. ALBUMIN IS MEASURED IN A TIMED URINE COLLECTION
Term
IN WHAT FORM IS GLUCOSE STORED IN MUSCLE AND LIVER?
Definition
GLYCOGEN
Term
WHAT DOES HYDROLYSIS OF SUCROSE YIELD?
Definition
FRUCTOSE AND GLUCOSE
Term
MALTOSE
Definition
GLUCOSE + GLUCOSE
Term
LACTOSE
Definition
GLUCOSE + GALACTOSE
Term
SUCROSE
Definition
GLUCOSE + FRUCTOSE
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