NUR 228 DM Questions & 100% Correct
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what is the body's main source of energy
✓ ~~> glucose
glycogen
✓ ~~> insulin allows glucose to be stored in the liver as glycogen
✓ liver can release glucose back into circulation when glucose levels start
to fall after a meal
glycolysis
✓ ~~> glucose catabolism in cells
✓ yields 2 molecules of pyruvic acid and net gain of 2 ATP
gluconeogenesis
✓ ~~> production of glucose from lactate and amino acids
important in starvation: glucose production from non-carbohydrate
components in the mitchondria
glycogenolysis
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✓ ~~> in the presence of glucagon, glycogen is released by the liver, as
glucose
glycogenesis
✓ ~~> production of glycogen, in the liver, when there is excess
carbohydrates
what is glucose converted into to use as energy
✓ ~~> ATP
can glucose freely diffuse across a cell membrane
✓ ~~> no, it has to be transported by protein carrier molecules
(facilitated diffusion)
where can glucose freely diffuse across
✓ ~~> gi tract, renal tubules
rate of ___________ secretion controls glucose utilization
✓ ~~> insulin
movement of glucose (facilitated diffusion) is facilitated by what
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