Diabetes
Insulin
The Brain and Cranial Nerves
The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves
Miscellaneous
100
This type of diabetes stems from the inability of beta cells in the pancreas to produce insulin.
What is TYPE 1 Diabetes?
100
This INTERMEDIATE acting insulin has an
onset of 1 to 2 hours
peaks in 6 to 14 hours
duration 16 to 24 hours
What is NPH insulin?
100
This part of the body is the control center of the nervous system.
What is the brain?
100
This system includes the brain and spinal cord?
What is the central nervous system?
100
This is where the fist Thanksgiving took place.
Where is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
200
Polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsea and unexpected weight loss are expected findings of ___________?
What is HYPERGLYCEMIA?
200
This insulin
starts to work in 1 to 2 hours
NO peak
Lasts 24 hours
What is Long acting inulin
Glargine Lantus
Detemir Levemir
200
The brain is divided into 4 regions.
Name one
What is the cerebrum (superior and largest)
diencephalon (center of the brain)
brain stem (btwn diencephalon and spinal cord)
cerebellum (posterior to the brain stem)
200
This system contains all of the nerves outside the CNS, including the cranial nerves.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
200
The amount of calories are consumed by the average person on Thanksgiving?
What is about 4,5000 calories?
300
This type of diabetes is linked to obesity, sedentary lifestyle and heredity.
What is type 2 diabetes?
300
This insulin is the ONLY one given IV
What is Regular insulin?
300
This is a clear liquid that circulates in and around the brain and spinal cord. It supports nervous tissue and cushions shock and is produced in the ventricles of the brain.
What is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?
300
A whitish, fatty substance that insulates and protects the axon to help speed up nerve impulses.
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease where there is a loss of this thus slowing the speed of nerve impulses which disrupts nervous system communication.
What is the myelin sheath?
300
This character appears at the end of every Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Santa Claus?
400
At what blood sugar should you treat for hypoglycemia?
What is 70 mg/dL or less?
400
Which 2 insulins can be mixed in 1 syringe?
What is Regular insulin and NPH insulin?
400
This region of the brain controls the muscles of respiration.
What is the brain stem (in the medulla oblongata)
Brain stem = midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata
400
The job of the ______________ is to relay information to and from the CNS.
What is a neuron?
3 Types
1. Sensory to the spinal cord-touch a sharp object
2. Motor carry from CNS/spinal cord to muscle or gland. Skeletal muscle in arm to flex hand away
3. Interneuron relay info from place to place within the CNS. Help maintain balance or how to avoid sharp objects.
400
This is the year that “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” was made?
What is 1973?
500
What is a chronic complication of diabetes?
What is
Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular complications, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic neuropathy, diabetic nephropathy?
500
Which insulin should be DRAWN up FIRST when mixing insulin?
What is REGULAR insulin?
500
Name an imaging technique that studies the brain?
What is the CT, MRI, PET, EEG?
CT- looks at bone, soft tissue and cavities
MRI detailed view reveals scars, tumors, hemorrhaging
PET visualizes the brain in action
500
The general term for disease of the nerves.
What is neuropathy?
500
Tyson, the heaviest turkey ever recorded, weighed in at _____________ lbs.
What is 86 lbs?