Diabetes Education Test questions with verified
answers
A1C Ans✓✓✓ A test that measures a person's average blood glucose
level over the past 2 to 3 months
Alpha Cell Ans✓✓✓ A type of cell in the pancreas that make and
release a hormone called glucagon
Antibodies Ans✓✓✓ Proteins made by the body to protect itself from
"foreign" substances such as bacteria or viruses
Autoimmune Ans✓✓✓ Relating to disease caused by antibodies or
lymphocytes produced against substances naturally present in the body
Autonomic Neuropathy Ans✓✓✓ Disease affecting the nerves
innervating the heart, aka cardiovascular neuropathy.
Beta Cell Ans✓✓✓ A cell that makes insulin. Beta cells are located in
the islets of the pancreas
Blood Glucose Ans✓✓✓ Amount of glucose in the blood
Blood Glucose Ans✓✓✓ The main sugar found in the blood and the
body's main source of energy, also called blood sugar
, Blood Glucose Level Ans✓✓✓ The amount of glucose in a given
amount of blood, noted in milligrams in a deciliter, or mg/dL
Blood Glucose Meter Ans✓✓✓ A small, portable machine used by
people with diabetes to check their blood glucose levels
Carbohydrate Ans✓✓✓ One of the three main nutrients in food
Cardiovascular disease Ans✓✓✓ Generally refers to conditions that
involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart
attack, chest pain or stroke
Complications Ans✓✓✓ Harmful effects of diabetes such as damage to
the eyes, heart, blood vessels, nervous system, teeth and gums, feet
and skin, or kidneys
Counterregulatory Hormones Ans✓✓✓ Hormones released during
stressful situations having the opposite effect of insulin; functions
include liver glycogenolysis and adipose lipolysis to counterbalance low
circulating glucose; includes glucagon, epinephrine, norepinephrine,
cortisol, growth hormone.
Dehydration Ans✓✓✓ The loss of too much body fluid through
frequent urinating, sweating, diarrhea or vomiting
answers
A1C Ans✓✓✓ A test that measures a person's average blood glucose
level over the past 2 to 3 months
Alpha Cell Ans✓✓✓ A type of cell in the pancreas that make and
release a hormone called glucagon
Antibodies Ans✓✓✓ Proteins made by the body to protect itself from
"foreign" substances such as bacteria or viruses
Autoimmune Ans✓✓✓ Relating to disease caused by antibodies or
lymphocytes produced against substances naturally present in the body
Autonomic Neuropathy Ans✓✓✓ Disease affecting the nerves
innervating the heart, aka cardiovascular neuropathy.
Beta Cell Ans✓✓✓ A cell that makes insulin. Beta cells are located in
the islets of the pancreas
Blood Glucose Ans✓✓✓ Amount of glucose in the blood
Blood Glucose Ans✓✓✓ The main sugar found in the blood and the
body's main source of energy, also called blood sugar
, Blood Glucose Level Ans✓✓✓ The amount of glucose in a given
amount of blood, noted in milligrams in a deciliter, or mg/dL
Blood Glucose Meter Ans✓✓✓ A small, portable machine used by
people with diabetes to check their blood glucose levels
Carbohydrate Ans✓✓✓ One of the three main nutrients in food
Cardiovascular disease Ans✓✓✓ Generally refers to conditions that
involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart
attack, chest pain or stroke
Complications Ans✓✓✓ Harmful effects of diabetes such as damage to
the eyes, heart, blood vessels, nervous system, teeth and gums, feet
and skin, or kidneys
Counterregulatory Hormones Ans✓✓✓ Hormones released during
stressful situations having the opposite effect of insulin; functions
include liver glycogenolysis and adipose lipolysis to counterbalance low
circulating glucose; includes glucagon, epinephrine, norepinephrine,
cortisol, growth hormone.
Dehydration Ans✓✓✓ The loss of too much body fluid through
frequent urinating, sweating, diarrhea or vomiting
