Pancreas

Question 1

What cells are present in the excretory part of the pancreas and what do they secrete

Answer 1

Acini cells that secrete digestive enzymes

Question 2

What hormones does the endocrine organ of the pancreas secrete

Answer 2

Insulin and Glucagon

Question 3

What kind of cells are found in the pancreas, what cell secretes what hormone

Answer 3

Alpha cells - Glucagon
Beta cells - Insulin

Question 4

What are clusters of cells found on the pancreas called

Answer 4

Islets of langerhans or pancreatic islets

Question 5

What cell secretes insulin, what is insulins target organ and effect. What triggers insulin

Answer 5

• Secreted by beta cells
• Target organs: Liver, adipose, skeletal muscle
• Effect: Enables cells (liver, adipose, skeletal) to absorb glucose from the blood stream to give cell energy and DECREASE glucose
• Trigger: High blood glucose, regulation.

Question 6

What cell secretes glucagon, what is glucagon target organ and what triggers glucagon

Answer 6

• Secreted by alpha cells
• Target organ: Liver, some adipose and SM
• Effect: Break down glycogen and fats and release it. INCREASE OF GLUCOSE
• Trigger: Low blood glucose

Question 7

What are abnormal conditions of the pancreas

Answer 7

Diabetes mellitus

Question 8

What is Juvenile diabtetes

Answer 8

Insulin dependent - genetic inability to produce insulin (Regulates blood glucose levels)

Question 9

Type 2 diabetes

Answer 9

Late onset: Noninsulin dependent - complex cause, genetic, diet, obesity