Question

You infused hot glucose (orange molecules) into the bloodstream of an animal (box) to figure out how fast cold glucose (blue molecules) was being metabolized (efflux from box): hot.cold ratio (dpm/mmol) 0 10 20 30 time (min) 40 1. How fast did you infuse cold glucose? 2. How fast did you infuse hot glucose? 3. Once hot glucose infusion started, did the ratio of hot cold glucose in blood keep rising indefinitely? Why not? 4. At what value did the ratio of hot:cold glucose in blood stabilize? 5. What determines the value at which the ratio of hot:cold glucose in blood stabilizes? 6. Calculate how fast cold glucose was being metabolized in the animal.

Answer 1

When temperature start to get get out of control, so can your blood sugar. Both hot and cold weather extremes can affect your testing equipment and your medication.

Glucagon : a fall in blood glucose increases the release of glucagon from the pancreas to promote glucose production. Glucose homeostasis: the balance of insulin and glucagon to maintain blood glucose .

Insulin: secreted by the pancreas in response to elevated blood glucose following a meal