Glucagon physiology US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Glucagon physiology Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: The neuroglycopenic symptoms of hypoglycemia include behavioral changes, confusion, visual disturbances, stupor, and _____
Answer: seizures
Flashcard 2: _____ is the major regulator of insulin release
Answer: Glucose
Flashcard 3: Which hormones use cAMP as their secondary messenger?_____
Answer: FSH, LH, ACTH, TSH, CRH, hCG, ADH (V2), MSH, PTH, Calcitonin, Histamine (H2-receptor), Glucagon, GHRH (FLAT ChAMP's CHuGG)
Flashcard 4: _____, an endocrine hormone, is a member of a family of peptides that includes the GI hormones secretin and GIP
Answer: Glucagon
Flashcard 5: What is the effect of somatostatin on insulin and glucagon secretion?_____
Answer: Decreased
Flashcard 6: What effect does glucagon have on insulin secretion? _____
Answer: Increased
Flashcard 7: Because prolonged CNS _____glycemia leads to irreversible neurological deficits and death, multiple counter-regulatory systems are activated in response
Answer: hypo
Flashcard 8: What is the effect of the FGF gene?
Answer: stimulates mitosis of underlying mesoderm, lengthening of limbs
Flashcard 9: autonomic nervous system
Answer: neural crest
Flashcard 10: number 10
Answer: intermediate horn sympathetics
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