Matching -Metabolic Syndrome

question 38

Multiple Choice

Matching
-metabolic syndrome

• A)hormone produced by adipose cells that improves insulin sensitivity
• B)liver protein that promotes blood clot formation
• C)a hormone produced by adipose cells that promotes insulin resistance
• D)the type of diabetes that accounts for 5 to 10% of diabetes cases and is caused by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic beta cells
• E)the type of diabetes that accounts for 90 to 95% of diabetes cases and is a result of insulin resistance coupled with insufficient insulin secretion
• F)transported in very-low-density lipoproteins (VLDL)
• G)known as insulin resistance syndrome or syndrome X
• H)protein that promotes blood clotting by inhibiting blood clot degradation within blood vessels
• I)hyperglycemia that results from the release of counter regulatory hormones following nighttime hypoglycemia; also called the Somogyi effect
• J)signaling proteins produced by the body's cells, including immune cells

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