BME 3 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

A child who develops diabetes typically loses weight. In 1920, the best treatment for this child would be to: - Answer-restrict diet, causing more weight loss A closed loop system for insulin delivery contains: - Answer-an insulin pump and a continuous blood glucose meter. A complete lack of vitamin A in a person's diet can lead to: - Answer-Blindness Amputation Deafness A continuous glucose monitor measures blood glucose approximately once every: - Answer-Minute Afrezza and Exubera are two different insulin delivery systems. These two systems both: - Answer-deliver insulin through the lungs. An IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) must have at least five members. One of these members must be a veterinarian. - Answer-True An insulin molecule in circulating in your bloodstream consists of: - Answer-two chains of amino acids linked together by disulfide bonds Arnold Beckman invented and sold one of the first integrated - Answer-pH meters Around 1920, the amount of glucose in blood could be measured by an electronic meter. - Answer-False Beta carotene is a precursor to Vitamin A. The CARET trial showed that heavy smokers who took a daily 30 mg beta carotene supplement had: - Answer-The same rate of lung cancer compared to the control groupCharles Evan Hughes, the US Secretary of State in 1920, was diagnosed with diabetes in 1920. - AnswerFalse Diabetes was first described - Answer-Independently by many different cultures During the summer of 1921, Fred Banting performed experiments on dogs. In one group of dogs, he tried to cause the dogs to develop diabetes by removing an organ. Which organ did he remove: - Answer-Pancreas Fred Banting died in 1941 from: - Answer-A plane crash From the 1920s through the 1960s, insulin used by patients with diabetes came from which sources: - Answer-pigs and cows. George Walden was the engineer at the Eli Lilly in charge of insulin production and purification. George Walden's major contribution was that: - Answer-He invented isoelectric precipitation. Glucose Oxidase was isolated from: - Answer-A fungus How many quizzes are there during the entire course? - Answer-10 Hypoglycemia can be alleviated by injecting insulin. - Answer-Fal