Pancreas and Large Intestine

Question 1

Is the pancreas endocrine or exocrine?

Answer 1

BOTH

Question 2

What cells make up the bulk of the pancreas?

Answer 2

exocrine cells

Question 3

Exocrine cells are arranged in what?

Answer 3

acini

Question 4

What is secrete by exocrine cells in pancreas?

Answer 4

trypsinogen
Chymotrypsin
Carboxypolypeptidase
Proelastase
Pancreatic amylase
lipase

Question 5

Trypsinogen is activated to what? By what?

Answer 5

Trypsin

enterokinase

Question 6

Where is enterokinase released?

Answer 6

By enterocytes in SI

Question 7

Pancreatic amylase aids in the digestion of what? To produce what?

Answer 7

Starch

maltose

Question 8

Lipase breaks down what? Into what?

Answer 8

Fats

Fatty acids and glycerol

Question 9

The endocrine cells of the pancreas are located where?

Answer 9

Islets of Langerhans

Question 10

The endocrine cells of the pancreas release what?

Answer 10

Glucagon
Insulin
Somatostatin

Question 11

Glucagon is secreted by which cells?

Answer 11

Alpha cells

Question 12

Insulin is secreted by which cells?

Answer 12

Beta cells

Question 13

Somatostatin is released by which cells?

Answer 13

Delta cells

Question 14

Alpha cells make up what percentage is islet cells?

Answer 14

20%

Question 15

Beta cells make up what percentage is islet cells?

Answer 15

70%

Question 16

Delta cells make up what percentage is islet cells?

Answer 16

5-10%

Question 17

Most of what is absorbed in LI?

Answer 17

Most of water from food

Question 18

What is propelled down the LI and out through the anal canal as feces?

Answer 18

Undigested food

Question 19

Bacteria in the large intestine produce what?

Answer 19

Vitamin K

Question 20

The LI/colon has numerous types of what cells?

Answer 20

Goblet cells

Question 21

The goblet cells in the colon/LI secrete what? Why?

Answer 21

Mucus

Aid in passage of feces