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Keratin is
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a structural protein: the more disulfide bonds the more rigid the protein
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Soft keratin:
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skin and callous
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Hard keratin:
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hair, horns, feathers, beaks, claws
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Senility diabetes:
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get during old age
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Glucose Tolerance Factor (Cr)
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*helps glucose get into cell more efficiently
1. Insulin binds to receptor 2. Stimulates Cr movement into cell 3. Cr binds to peptide Apo-LMWCr (Apo-LC) 4. More glucose can enter cell |
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Insulin:
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Latin “insula” = Island
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Dr Paul Langerhans
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In 1869 discovered pancreas “island”
--> The Endocrine Pancreas islets of Langerhans |
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Alpha cell:
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produces glucagon --> catabolism
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Beta cell:
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produes insulin --> anabolism
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Delta cell:
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Somatostatin
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Peptidomimetics:
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drugs that mimic peptides and their function in an animal
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Somatostatin:
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a peptide hormone that inhibits the secretion of other hormones
•Growth hormone (somatotropin) •Glucagons •Thyrotropin •Insulin •Gastrin |
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Gastrin
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a hormone produced in the cells of the stomach; released after a meal as the pH of stomach rises, once released goes into blood and then back to stomach to stimulate stomach cells to reach HCl to lower pH
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Puss:
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dead bacteria, cellular debris and white blood cells
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Purulent:
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“pussy”
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Diabetes Melitis:
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from latin “mile” (honey/ sweet); they had sweet urine
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Diabetes Insipidis:
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from latin “insipid” (tasteless)
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Type 1 melitis
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(juvenile diabetes, exogenous insulin needed)
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Type 2 melitis
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(adult onset due to diet and lifestyle)
1. low insulin 2. insulin resistance |
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Insipidis:
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(endocrine disorder): Deficient production of ADH (Anti diuretic hormone)
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ADH:
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produced in the hypothalamus and stored in the posterior pituitary gland
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