Pancreas 28

Question 1

What does the pancreas look like?

Answer 1

flattened organ posterior and inferior to stomach.

Question 2

Pancreas is an exocrine organ involved in digestion, what are the several cell types?

Answer 2

Alpha cells - secret glucagon > blood glucose.
Beta cells (found further in islets) secrete insulin < blood glucose.
both controlled by blood glucose levels.

Question 3

Where can endocrine cells be found?

Answer 3

Pancreatic islet.

Question 4

Explain the journey taken to increase blood glucose levels when levels are low.

Answer 4

low blood glucose stimulates glucagon, which stimulates liver glucose release, which stimulates an increase in blood glucose.

Question 5

What do high levels of glucose stimulate?

Answer 5

Insulin release.

Question 6

What does low blood glucose stimulate?

Answer 6

Glucagon.

Question 7

What does glucagon stimulate?

Answer 7

liver glucose.

Question 8

what dies liver glucose stimulate?

Answer 8

increased blood glucose levels.

Question 9

Explain the journey taken to decrease blood glucose levels when levels are high.

Answer 9

high glucose stimulates insulin, which transports glucose to skeletal muscle and adipose tissue, which decreases blood glucose.

Question 10

What are the benefits to insulin?

Answer 10

Promotes amino acid uptake, protein synthesis, & lipid storage.