In this task, you are given a question and answer for that. The answer will fill in the blank or will complete the unfinished question. Your task is to provide an explanation based on the given question or fill-in-the-blank statement, and answer.

Question: John wanted to gain weight so he initiated a routine of eating a sugary donut in the morning. As a result, he felt hyper as his blood glucose level rose. Did the amount of insulin in his blood likely 
 Answer: increase
As blood glucose levels decrease, less insulin is produced.

Question: Compared to a solution of acidic vinegar, would basic lye have a pH value 
 Answer: farther away from 0?
The more acidic a solution is, the closer its pH value will be to 0

Question: If Mona is examining her arteries and she looks at ones that are farther away from her heart, what happens to the size of the arteries? 
 Answer: smaller

Further away from the heart, the aorta branches into smaller arteries, which eventually branch into capillaries.