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Function properly. Insulin helps control the level of glucose - the cells' fuel - circulating in the blood.
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What does insulin allow most of cells of the body to do?
Insulin allows cells to metabolize sugar.
What part of the body burns the most fat?
Is the pancreas, in addition to producing insulin, responsible for burning fat cells
What does the pancreas release?
The pancreas is endocrine (producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin). The most important is insulin which controls the take-up of glucose by the body's cells.
What is diabetes 2?
This is the most common type of diabetes. It occures when the body can't make enough insulin or when the cells will just not respond to it. Many people have this type so it is not rare. It can be controlled by dieting. Type 2 Diabetes is another name for Adult-Onset Diabetes. This is the one where your pancreas is still making insulin, but your body cells cannot absorb and use it, so the blood sugar never gets into the cells. The most common people who get this are middle-aged and overweight. The other diabetes is the one where your pancreas no longer makes insulin.
Why do glucose need insulin to enter cells?
Most cell membranes are NOT permeable to sugar unless insulin opens a channel.
What hormone do beta cells of the pancreatic islets produce?
the cells called islets of langerhans are inside the pancreas. there are 5 types of cellgs within the islets of langerhans. The alpha cells produce glucagon, the beta cells produce insulin, delta cells make somatostatin (a general inhibitory hormone), and the last two types of cells, PP cells and D1 cells, little is known about what they do. The Islet of Langerhans cells are most well-known for the production and secretion of insulin.
What is the difference between insulin dependent and insulin independent diabetes?
type 1 diabetes is insulin dependent and type 2 diabetes is insulin independant. basically meanind type 1 is more serious it can cause death if not treated properly. Type 2 is not insulin dependent unless the person does not exercise enough and eat right, then some Type 2 Diabetic can become insulin dependent.
Where is insulin produed?
Insulin is produced by the beta cells of the islets of Lagerhans lying interspersed in the pancreatic follicles.Insulin controls blood sugar level. It brings down the blood sugar level by letting body cells to absorb. Deficiency of insulin causes diabetes mellitus.Insulin is a hormone with extensive effects on both metabolism and several other body systems (eg, vascular compliance). When present, it causes most of the body's cells to take up glucose from the blood (including liver, muscle, and fat tissue cells), storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle, and stops use of fat as an energy source. When insulin is absent (or low), glucose is not taken up by most body cells and the body begins to use fat as an energy source (ie, transfer of lipids from adipose tissue to the liver for mobilization as an energy source). As its level is a central metabolic control mechanism, its status is also used as a control signal to other body systems (such as amino acid uptake by body cells). It has several other anabolic effects throughout the body. When control of insulin levels fail, diabetes mellitus results.Insulin is used medically to treat some forms of diabetes mellitus. Patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus depend on external insulin (most commonly injected subcutaneously) for their survival because the hormone is no longer produced internally. Patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus are insulin resistant, have relatively low insulin production, or both; some patients with Type 2 diabetes may eventually require insulin when other medications fail to control blood glucose levels adequately.Insulin is a peptide hormone composed of 51 amino acid residues and has a molecular weight of 5808 Da. It is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. The name comes from the Latin insula for "island".Insulin's structure varies slightly between species of animal. Insulin from animal sources differs somewhat in 'strength' (i.e., in carbohydrate metabolism control effects) in humans because of those variations. Porcine (pig) insulin is especially close to the human versionIn mammals, insulin is synthesized in the pancreas within the beta cells (β-cells) of the islets of Langerhans.You can go to: http://www.doctor-dubai.com/dr_info_display.asp?dr_id=712 to get more information.
Does the brain have the most cells in the body?
the skin has the most cells
What blood cells does the body contain the most of?
Red blood cells are far and away the most numerous blood cells in the body.
Is insulin a biological or non-biological?
Insulin is most definitely a biological substance. It is produced in the body and is made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
What is the functoion of insulin?
Insulin provides a way for your body to control how fast it uses the energy you eat, and when. If it weren't for insulin, you'd be low-energy when hungry, and high-energy right after a meal, which would make hunting new food very difficult. You'd probably starve to death the first time you didn't eat for a while, since without insulin you'd be unable to save your energy for when you need it most, so you'd be too weak to go find (hunt?) more food. What it actually does is simple. Glucose in your blood provides the fuel for almost all body functions. But your body's cells can't admit glucose for fuel without a small amount of insulin present, to indicate 'permission' to consume that energy. That insulin is produced by the beta cells of the pancreas.
