Preview - Exploring Homeostasis And Feedback Loops With Diabetes

What is a Glucunculus?


What is a glucunculus?  A glucunculus is distorted drawing of the human body showing the relative size/proportion of the organs based on the amount of glucose that each organ uses.  The glununculus is based on a similar type of drawing, called a "homunculus" that shows the parts of the human body as relative to the amount of your brain that is devoted to that region.  A homunculus is shown below. 

  

These diagrams are meant to show that a large area of your brain's cerebral cortex is devoted to your hands (particularly your fingertips), mouth, nose, etc, due to our senses. 


Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Thinking about how different areas of your body have more regions in the brain associated with them, do you think all of the organs and tissues use glucose at the same rate or in the same amount?  Explain your answer below (yes/no is not a sufficient response). 


Notes

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