PhysioEx Lab Report Exercise 4: Endocrine System Physiology Activity 2: Plasma Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes Mellitus

2/2/26, 3:48 PM PhysioEx Exercise 4 Activity 2



PhysioEx Lab Report
Exercise 4: Endocrine System Physiology
Activity 2: Plasma Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes Mellitus
Name: Morris
Date: 2 February 2026
Session ID: session

Pre-lab Quiz Results
You scored 100% by answering 5 out of 5 questions correctly.

1 Which of the following statements is false?

You correctly answered: Insulin is a hormone secreted into the stomach to aid with starch
digestion.

2 Which of the following statements is true?

You correctly answered: All of these statements are true.

3 A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus implies that

You correctly answered: the pancreas is not producing sufficient insulin.

4 A diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus implies that

You correctly answered: the cells of the body are unresponsive to circulating insulin.

5 Glucagon is a hormone

You correctly answered: that opposes the action of insulin.


Experiment Results
Predict Question
1 Predict Question: To measure the amount of plasma glucose in a patient sample

Your answer: the optical density of the sample will be measured and the glucose
concentration will be extrapolated from the glucose standard curve.

Stop & Think Question

1 Why does the color in the tubes vary?

You correctly answered: The tubes contain different amounts of glucose.


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