Pancreas physiology Flashcards
Exocrine hormone are secreted ____ and are produced by _____
Duodenum
Acini tissue
Endocrine hormones are secreted ___ and are produced by ___
Into systemic circulation
Islets of Langerhans
What stimulates insulin release?
PNS stimulation after eating
SNS stimulation to feed muscle?
Glucagon
Catecholamines
Cortisol
Growth hormone
Beta agonist
What reduce insulin release?
Insulin (decreases blood glucose)
Volatile anesthetics
Beta blockers
Somatostatin
What doesn’t require insulin for glucose uptake?
The liver
Brain
Cerebral function declines when serum glucose falls below _____
50
What stimulates glucagon?i
Hypoglycemia
Stress
Trauma
Sepsis
Beta agonist
What reduces glucagon release?
Somatostatin
Insulin (glucagon antagonist)
What is somatostatin
GH inhibitor from delta cells
Inhibits insuline and glucagon
What inhibits insulin AND glucagon release?
Insulin
Somatostatin
What stimulates insulin AND glucagon?
Beta agonist
I- cortisol, G- stress
