Across
- 6. your immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas
- 8. hormone released when blood sugar levels are low
- 10. hormone released when blood sugar levels are high
- 11. proteins that receive signals
- 12. beta-cells in the pancreas begin wearing out and not functioning due to overuse (too much sugar)
- 13. change in the organism from the detection of a stimulus
- 14. energy
- 16. a change in the environment of an organism
Down
- 1. body processes that balance heat production and loss in the body
- 2. the ability to maintain constant internal conditions when outside conditions change
- 3. feedback mechanism; a process that occurs when body systems slow down or stop a condition that is occuring
- 4. disease when blood glucose levels remain abnormally high due to your body not making insulin or not responding to it as well as it should
- 5. diabetes usually found in pregnant women
- 7. organ that uses alpha and beta cells to release insulin and glucagon
- 8. blood sugar
- 9. stored glucose
- 15. feedback mechanism; a mechanism that occurs when body systems need to encourage or amplify a condition