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Insulin, a Rare card
Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin gene.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 183
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Ranked #615 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Insulin quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Insulin card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
It is the main ______ hormone of the body.
Answer
anabolic. It is the main anabolic hormone of the body. From the Insulin article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Beta distribution. Beta distribution 97 · Diatom 91 · Insulin 88 · Emu 83 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Emu. Emu 450,000 · Insulin 280,000 · Diatom 210,000 · Rockall 160,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It is the main anabolic hormone of the body.
- It regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and protein by promoting the absorption of glucose from the blood into cells of the liver, fat, and skeletal muscles.
- In these tissues the absorbed glucose is converted into either glycogen, via glycogenesis, or fats, via lipogenesis, in the liver, glucose is converted into both.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Insulin article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Insulin
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Insulin (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : User:AtikaAtikawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
