Week 3

Question 1

What do pancreatic acinar cells produce and what effect does it have in the body?

Answer 1

digestive enzymes; breaks down carbs, proteins and lipids

Question 2

What do pancreatic stellate cells produce and what effect does it have in the body?

Answer 2

makes ECM proteins (and degrades them); involved in tissue repair. *** encircle the acinar cells

Question 3

What do pancreatic ductal cells produce and what effect does it have in the body?

Answer 3

conduit; delivers enzymes to duodenum

Question 4

What do S-cells do?

Answer 4

They are in duodenum and jejunum and they secrete secretin which causes increased bicarb release from pancreas