Type I Diabetes Is NOT

question 15

Multiple Choice

Type I diabetes is NOT

• A) caused when the pancreas is not producing insulin.
• B) likely due to an environmental agent, perhaps a virus, that causes cytotoxic T cells to destroy islets.
• C) treated with insulin injections and pancreatic transplants.
• D) dangerous due to risk of acidosis, coma, and death.
• E) caused by obesity.

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Definitions:

Spores

Reproductive cells, typically asexual and resistant to the environment, that can develop into a new individual without fusion with another cell.

Mycelia

The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae) that spread into and feed on organic matter.

Carbon Dioxide

A gas that is colorless and without smell, created when carbon and organic substances are burned and during the breathing process. This gas is naturally occurring in the atmosphere and taken in by plants for the process of photosynthesis.

Ethanol

A volatile, flammable, colorless liquid alcohol, widely used as a fuel and in the manufacturing of various chemicals, and also found in alcoholic beverages.