in your project be sure to answer the following questions:
A)explain the role of insulin in a non-diabetic person (discuss the insulin feedback system in your body)
-what happens when you eat sugar?
-why does your body need sugar?
-what is the pancreas? What is insulin?
-what is the role of insulin in the abiltiy of cells to intake sugar?
-How does a non-diabetic person maintain relatively constant blood sugar levels (even if they havent eaten in a long time?)
B)Describe what happens in a person that causes diabetes:
-describe the difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
-is either type genetic? what are the causes of each type
-describe how the insulin feedback system you described above is affected in a person with diabetes
-describe the symptoms of diabetes
C) describe how a person with diabetes must manage their condition. What medicine is available, how is it made, how does it work, what are the drawbacks, what are the long term consequences of diabetes management...
Project requirements:
1. answer the questions in your notes and ask questions if you need help
2. make a visual aid to accompany the answers to your questions.
the visual aid is open ended: here are some suggestions
-a flowchart to describe the insulin feedback system with some added parts to show how diabetes would affect the system
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