Pancreas

Question 1

What are the 3 parts of the pancreas?

Answer 1

Head(C shape), body and tail.

Question 2

Which kind of cells are in the endocrine portion of the pancreas?

Answer 2

Islets of langerhans

Question 3

Which kind of cells are in the exocrine portion of the pancreas?

Answer 3

Acinar cell lobules.

Question 4

What is the function of the accessory pancreatic duct?

Answer 4

When there is blockage (i.e. gall bladder stones) can be used.

Question 5

What is the function of the exocrine pancreas?

Answer 5

Secretion of bicarbonate by duct cells.

Secretion of digestive enzymes by acinar cells.

Question 6

How are digestive enzymes stored in the pancreas?

Answer 6

Stored as inactive zymogen cells to prevent autodigestion.

Question 7

What enzyme converts all zymogens to their active form?

Answer 7

Tripsin

Question 8

What stimulates bicarbonate secretion?

Answer 8

Secretin

Question 9

Acid in the duodenum promotes the secretion of what?

Answer 9

Secretin

Question 10

What stimulates zymogen secretion?

Answer 10

CCK (cholecystkinin)

Question 11

CCK releases in response to what?

Answer 11

To fat and amino acid in the duodenum.