Type II Diabetes Case Study

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1. Type II diabetes mellitus usually occurs when the body develops a resistance to insulin, or there is not enough being produced by the liver. This can cause blood sugar to rise in blood, making it so that there is less sugar being release when it is actually needed. The dysfunction of Beta cells as well as the accumulation of adipose tissue is also interconnected to type II diabetes. This is why this is more common in obese individuals.
2. Panel B of the figure is showing how DHEA replacement therapy effects the volume of thigh muscles in humans over a 10 month period. The chart shows that when therapy was only applied there was no real change between the treatment and control groups. After the resistance training was added, however, there …show more content…

a. Cardiac output is how much pumped blood comes from the left or right ventricle in one heartbeat.
b. Systolic blood pressure is the contracting of the heart (1st number).
c. Diastolic blood pressure is the relaxing of the heart (2nd number).
d. Arteriosclerosis is when the arteries get stiff and hard and blood flow begins to become constrained. It usually happens when fat builds up in the artery walls.
e. Thrombus is another word for a blood clot.
6. There are two types of asthma medicine; short term and long term. Short term can be an inhaled bronchodilator that can be used for sudden asthma attacks and rapidly opening up the airways. This is usually a steroid. Long term medicine is for controlling asthma and is used with short term medicine. It includes an extended acting beta agonist bronchodilator.
7. With periodontal disease, bacteria on the teeth builds up causing inflamed gums and a loss of bone and connective tissue to be diminished, which can lead to teeth falling out and surgery.
8. Breast cancer is caused by an accumulation of abnormal cell division occurring in the breast tissue, leading to a tumor. It can be caused by mutations in DNA as well as failure in the immune system, and signaling growth factor

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