Endocrine Pancreas
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- Endocrine Pancreas
- Functional units are the islets of Langerhans, which are made up of:
- Beta cells that produce insulin
- Diabetes is caused by insufficient insulin, which causes increased blood glucose
- Type 1 diabetes is caused by lack of insulin production
- Type 2 diabetes is caused by broken insulin receptors
- Diabetes is caused by insufficient insulin, which causes increased blood glucose
- Alpha cells that produce glucagon
- Delta cells produce somatostatin
- Hormone that has a generalized inhibitory effect on digestive function and has been shown to suppress insulin and glucagon release.
- Stops function of all other active hormones
- Beta cells that produce insulin
- Functional units are the islets of Langerhans, which are made up of: