Diabetes revision
Across
- 4. essential cell to allow glucose to cross the cell membrane (7,8)
- 5. organ that secretes insulin (8)
- 6. type of breathing adopted to lower carbon dioxide levels (8)
- 8. essential cells that produce insulin (4)
- 10. common cause of type 2 diabetes (7)
- 11. most likely cause of type 1 diabetes (10,7)
- 12. type of diabetes associated with pregnancy (11)
- 14. Significant sign of hypoglycaemia (10)
Down
- 1. emergency clinical condition associated with hyperglycaemia (8,12)
- 2. single glucose molecule (13)
- 3. layer of skin where insulin should be injected (12)
- 7. common drug belonging to the biguanides group (9)
- 9. produced when fat stores are broken down (7)
- 13. produced as a result of the breakdown of glucose (3)