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| glucagon | hormone secreted by the pancreas to raise blood glucose levels. Anatagonistic hormone to insulin. |
| glucose tolerance testing | a test of the body's ability to metabolize glucose |
| insulin | protein hormone essential for metabolizing carbohydrates |
| type 1 diabetes | diabetes that develops during childhood; severe deficiency in insulin production |
| type 2 diabetes | diabetes that develops in adults casued by impaired insulin utilization with the cell. |
| hormone | chemical that circulates in blood and produces a specific response |
| homeostasis | maintenance of internal environment |
| negative feedback | form of homeostasis where you keep coming back to a setpoint |
| positive feedback | feedback mechanism that increases the output or goes further away form the set point. |
| glycogen | stored in liver |
| glucose | simple sugar, monomer of a carbohydrate |
| nutrients | substance needed by the body to maintain life and health |
| carbohydrate | a sugar in the form of monosaccharide, disaccharide and polysaccharide |
| lipids | a family of copmounds including fats, phospholipids and steroids that are insolluble in water |
| proteins | 3-D polymer made of amino acids |
| chemical reaction | interaction of chemicals; a chemical change |
| chemical indicator | a substance used to show the presence of a particular substance by changing color |
| compound | a substance consisting of 2 or more elements in a fixed ratio |
