Glucose
This term describes the state of having elevated blood glucose.
What is hyperglycemia?
Anion.
What is a negatively charged ion?
Cholesterol is synthesized here.
What is the liver?
Plaque buildup on inner walls of blood vessels.
What is atherosclerosis?
A/G ratio is a ratio of this.
What is Albumin and total protein?
The most common disorder of glucose metabolism.
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
Cations.
What are positively charge ions?
The most common form of fat in the body.
What are triglycerides?
Hypokalemia.
What are decreased blood potassium levels?
Beers law.
What is A=ABC?
This cell produces glucagon.
What are Alpha cells?
Endogenous.
What is "produced within"?
This type of cholesterol is synthesized by the liver.
What is Endogenous cholesterol?
Blood pH falling below 7.35.
What is Acidosis?
Albumin and globulins are _____.
What are serum proteins?
Energy production as a result of metabolic breakdown of glucose.
What is glycolysis?
Hyponatremia.
What is having blood sodium levels below normal range?
This test is a good indicator of congestive heart failure and metabolic syndrome.
What is Tryglycerides?
Decreased levels of serum albumin concentration.
What is Hypoalbuminemia?
A heterogeneous group of serum proteins with varied functions.
What are globulins?
Increases blood glucose concentration by promoting the conversion of glycogen to glucose.
What is Glucagon?
Analyte.
What is a Chemical substance that is the subject of chemical analysis?
Also known as good cholesterol.
What is High density lipoprotein?
Hypercalcemia.
What is increased blood calcium level?
A substance that becomes coloured when it undergoes a chemical change.
What is a chromogen?