Explain the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
What will be an ideal response?
Type 1 diabetes mellitus:
• Also called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• Develops early in life
• Pancreas stops producing insulin
• Patients must take daily insulin injections
Type 2 diabetes mellitus:
• Also called non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
• Develops later in life
• Pancreas produces normal to high levels of insulin, but cells fail to respond to it
• Take oral hypoglycemic agents to reduce blood sugar levels
• Do not take insulin injections (unless cannot control blood sugar otherwise)
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Which two body systems work together to coordinate and control all other body systems?
A) Integumentary and muscular B) Endocrine and sensory C) Cardiovascular and nervous D) Nervous and endocrine
A disease that is caused by the immune system attacking one's own tissues is called:
A. idiopathic B. nosocomial C. autoimmune D. communicable
Multiple births would be statistically most likely in which of these women?
A. Multiple births are equally prevalent in all women. B. Imani, a woman of African descent who is 42 years old, and moderately obese C. Suzanne, a 22-year-old woman who is slender at a weight of 110 pounds D. Olivia, a 30-year-old woman of average weight who gave birth to a daughter two years ago
Disease-related muscle wasting is referred to as
A. proteolysis. B. cachexia. C. myobiogenesis. D. None of these answers is correct