Quiz: Insulin

**lets keep your brain cells working with this Insulin quiz.:)


1. _______ is a hormone that has effects on the body's metabolism.

2. Insulin stores glucose in the blood as ________.

3. When testing for insulin RIA is used to give a ___________ assay.

4. Is fasting required prior to testing? YES or NO.

5._______ stops the usage of fat as an energy source.

A -- increased insulin level
B -- decreased insulin level

6. Insulinoma

7. untreated Type 2 Diabetes mellitus

8. severe Type 1 Diabetes mellitus

9. Acromegaly

10. Cushing's Syndrome





Case Study( 5pts per case)




Case 1

Marco, a teenager loves to eat and is a little overweight. Lately he noticed that he urinates more frequently, thirsts and hungers more frequently than he usually did, and had lower back pain. He decided to visit the doctor. He was subjected to lab tests, the results are as follows:



Urinalysis

(+) Benedict's Test

(+) Fehling's Test

Protein - trace



What other tests should be done? Why? What brings about a positive Benedicts and Fehling's test?





Case 2



A 60 year old lady subjected herself to laboratory tests, the results are as follows:

RESULTS:

FBS: 215

HDL: 20.47

LDL: 100.36

BUN: 12

What other tests should be done? What can be diagnosed from these results?