While caring for a diabetic patient, the nurse explains that normally insulin is produced by the pancreas and does what when reacting with the human cell?
A) Metabolizes glucose
B) Allows water to enter the cell
C) Alters cellular messenger ribonucleic acid (RNA)
D) Changes the cell permeability to glucose
D
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Insulin reacts with specific receptor sites on the cell membrane to change the cell's permeability to glucose to allow glucose to enter the cell. It does not affect water transport or messenger RNA. Insulin does not metabolize glucose but rather helps it move into the cell where it supplies energy for cellular activity.
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