Exercise 4: Endocrine System Physiology: Activity 2: Plasma Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes Mellitus Lab Report

Pre-lab Quiz Results

You scored 100% by answering 5 out of 5 questions correctly.
1. Which of the following statements is false?
You correctly answered: d. Insulin is a hormone secreted into the stomach to aid with starch digestion.
2. Which of the following statements is true?
You correctly answered: d. All of these statements are true.
3. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus implies that
You correctly answered: b. the pancreas is not producing sufficient insulin.
4. A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus implies that
You correctly answered: c. the cells of the body are unresponsive to circulating insulin.
5. Glucagon is a hormone
You correctly answered: b. that opposes the action of insulin.

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Experiment Results
Predict Question:
Predict Question: To measure the amount of plasma glucose in a patient sample
Your answer : a. the glucose concentration of the sample will be measured and the optical density will be extrapolated from
the glucose standard curve.
Stop & Think Questions:
Why does the color in the tubes vary?
You correctly answered: c. The tubes contain different amounts of glucose.
Experiment Data:

Part 1

Part 2

Tube
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5

Optical Density
0.30
0.50
0.60
0.80
1.00
0.73
0.79
0.89
0.83
0.96

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Glucose (mg/deciliter)
30
60
90
120
150
105
115
132
123
143

Post-lab Quiz Results

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Review Sheet Results

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?
Your answer:
Es una tabulacin , concentracin de glucosa a partir de la densidad ,lo que nos arroja una curva concentracin versus
densidad , esto permitir comparar las densidades obtenidas y hallar la concentracin aproximada de glucosa en cada
muestra.
si sabia como predecir la concentracion de glucosa
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?
Your answer:
- En las muestras 3 y 5 se encontr 132 y 143 Mg/decilitro respectivamente estando en el rango mayor a 126, los
pacientes 3 y 5
- No podemos sealar que tipo de diabetes es, porque desconocemos la concentracin de insulina, si es poca o mucha
para diferenciare entre tipo 1 y 2, conocer la concetracion de insulina no mostraria si los altos niveles de glucosa en sangre
son por falta de insulina (tipo 1) o por deficiencia en la respuesta a la insulina (tipo 2).

3. Describe the diagnosis for patient 3, who was also pregnant at the time of this assay.
Your answer:
-La paciente 3 tiene 132 mg/decilitro, esta embarazada , la sensibilidad de la insulina en los tejidos es normal o se
encuentra aumentada y, debido al consumo de glucosa por la placenta y al crecimiento fetal, la madre se encuentra
predispuesta a la hipoglucemia del ayuno, como las muestras se toman en ayuno deberia existir un valor normal e incluso
inferioral valor normal 110 mg/decilitro, podria se que la paciente 3 tenga diabetes gestacional.
4. Which patient(s) had normal glucose reading(s)?
Your answer:
el paciente 1 tiene un nivel de 105 mg / dl inferior a 110 mg / dl considerandose entonces normal ,el resto supera los 110
mg / dl .
5. What are some lifestyle choices these patients with normal plasma glucose readings might recommend to the borderline
impaired patients?
Your answer:
evitar el consumo excesivo de carbohidratos (contienen glucosa) para que la insulina tenga mayor eficiencia ,o desarrolle
resistencia a la insulina

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