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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:
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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
114
132
122
144
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