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Endocrine System Physiology
R E V I E W S H E E T E X E R C I S E 4 (Activity 2, 3, & 4)

A C T I V I T Y 2 Plasma Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes Mellitus
1. What is a glucose standard curve, and why did you need to obtain one for this experiment? Did you correctly predict how you would measure the amount of plasma glucose in a patient sample using the glucose standard curve? _A glucose standard curve is a method for identifying blood glucose. I incorrectly predicted you would get it from the blood sample. In reality you would get it by the optical density of the sample will be measured and the glucose concentration will be extrapolated from the glucose standard curve. ______________
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2. Which patient(s) had glucose reading(s) in the diabetic range? Can you say with certainty whether each of these patients has type 1 or type 2 diabetes? Why or why not? _Patient 3 and 5 had fasting plasma glucose in the diabetic range. its not possible to tell if they have type 1 or type 2 with just their fasting plasma glucose. ______________________________________________________________________
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3. Describe the diagnosis for patient 3, who was also pregnant at the time of this assay. __patient 3 has gestational diabetes. this form of diabetes usually disappears after the pregnancy. __________________________________________________________________
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4. Which patient(s) had normal glucose reading(s)? _____________________________
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5. What are some lifestyle choices these patients with normal plasma glucose readings might recommend to the borderline impaired patients? _____________________