NURS 2514 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pancreatic Islets, Acetyl-Coa, Insulin Resistance
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Health and illness 3- direct continuation of health and illness 1. Office hours- 325 helen glass. cannot guarantee meeting all time. 2044746668, forward message to voicemail in the lab. please email for all correspondence. final exam is cumulative. Diabetes mellitus - sweet urine if the hormone isn"t running properly we call it insulin resistance. Not a disease of old age anymore due to its prevalence in population as young as. See diagram- islets of langerhans- represent less than 10 percent of cells of. Endocrine cells in islets are called alpha- glucagon secretion and beta- insulin secretion. insulin is protein hormone, cannot be eaten, it would be digested thus need to be given by injection. it needs to bypass the gut. How we tell if someone who is given medical insulin and would they also make there own insulin is by checking the c peptide.
