Diabetes. Computer artwork showing the difference between a diabetic (right) and non-diabetic (left) person's blood glucose uptake. The stomach (centre) converts food into glucose (blue dots),which enters blood vessels (tubes,left and right). Usually,insulin (yellow dots) produced by the pancreas (yellow,centre) enters the bloodstream and causes glucose to be reabsorbed into the body. However,in diabetes the sugar is not reabsorbed and too much remains in the bloodstream. This can occur because the pancreas does not produce enough insulin (type 1 diabetes),or because the body's cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced (type 2 diabetes) | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Lunau, Claus |
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