These are simple sugars that cannot be hydrolyzed to a simpler form.

This hormone is produced by adrenal medulla.

It is the primary hormone that is responsible for increasing glucose levels.

The signs and symptoms of hypoglycemia are all related to what organ system?

What type of specimen is needed for blood glucose determination?

What is the term used when the CO functional group is linked in the middle of the carbon atoms?

This increases plasma glucose by decreasing entry of glucose into the cells and increasing glycolysis.

It is a group of metabolic conditions characterized by elevated levels of blood sugar or hyperglycemia.

What classification of hypoglycemia requires assistance to actively administer carbohydrates and glucagon or take other corrective actions?

What is the function of the additive contained in grey-top tubes?

In an anaerobic environment, the product of phosphoenolpyruvate will be converted to what?

A _______ is released by the adrenal cortex on stimulation by ACTH.

It is a condition that happens when glucose concentration exceeds the renal threshold for glucose 180 mg/dl.

What hormone is released from the adrenal gland which increases glucose metabolism and inhibits insulin?

In the hexokinase method, the rate of appearance of this substance can be measured spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 340 nm.

Glucose pathway where G6P detours from the glycolytic pathway to become 6-phosphogluconate.

What levels of cortisol stimulate the anterior pituitary to release ACTH?

It is an eye condition that can cause long-term blindness in people who have diabetes due to glucose derivatives.

What hormone is released from the islet cells of the pancreas and inhibits insulin?

This is the term used to describe the formation of a hemoglobin compound produced when glucose (a reducing sugar) reacts with the amino group of hemoglobin (a protein).

Give the two enzymes responsible for converting nonabsorbent polymers to dextrins and disaccharides.

This synthesized glucagon in the pancreas.

It is a form of type 1 diabetes with no known etiology, is strongly inherited, and not associated with autoantibodies.

Due to hypoglycemia, glycogen cannot be converted back to glucose (by way of glycogenesis) because the enzyme __________ is deficient.

What do you call the coupled reaction employed in the glucose oxidase method?