Pancreas

The bulk of the pancreas is an exocrine gland secreting pancreatic fluid into the duodenum after a meal. [Discussion]
Link to graphic showing the location
of the pancreas and other endocrine
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The pancreas contains exocrine cells that secrete digestive enzymes into the small intestine and clusters of endocrine cells (the pancreatic islets). The islets secrete the hormones insulin and glucagon, which regulate blood glucose levels.
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pancreas
(pang-kree-us) [Gk. pan, all + kreas, meat, flesh]
In vertebrates, a small, complex gland located between the stomach and the duodenum, which produces digestive enzymes and the hormones insulin and glucagon.
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pancreas: a large, glandular organ lying near the stomach that produces many of the enzymes used to digest food.
parasites: organisms that attack living things and cause disease.
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pancreas (Frog, Rat)
A gland situated in the mesentery of the duodenum of jawed vertebrates that has both an exocrine and an endocrine function.
Covered in Lab 17 Rat and Frog Comparative Anatomy ...
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The pancreas produces insulin and glucagon to control blood-sugar concentration.
The lungs take in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.
The kidneys remove urea, and adjust the concentrations of water and a wide variety of ions.
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Damage to the pancreas, possibly causing diabetes
Thyroid deficiency
Damage to the adrenal gland ...
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Cystic fibrosis -- an autosomal recessive genetic condition of the exocrine glands, which causes the body to produce excessively thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and pancreas, interfering with breathing and digestion.
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A peptide hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas that regulates the level of sugar in the blood. Interferon. A family of small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells. Intergenic regions.
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The pancreas, for example. endocytosis The uptake of extracellular material by its inclusion within a vesicle (endosome) formed by an invagination of the plasma membrane.
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In the small intestine, the polypeptides formed by digestion in the stomach are further digested by the powerful proteolytic enzymes of the pancreas and intestinal mucosa.
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Diabetes Type I-juvenile or childhood diabetes-is characterized by a loss of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Basically a person with Type I diabetes has no beta cells left.
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A digestive enzyme produced largely by the pancreas and salivary glands that converts starches to sugars. Abnormally high levels of amylase in the blood or urine may be found in patients with inflammation of the pancreas or salivary glands (mumps).
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For example, cells in the pancreas produce the hormone insulin when glucose levels in the blood become elevated. The hormone travels within the blood to other parts of the body.
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pancreatic islet An island of special tissue in the pancreas.
pandemic Very widely distributed epidemic.
Pangaea The single large landmass, or supercontinent, that broke up to form today's continents ...
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hormone secreted by the isles of Langerhans of the pancreas
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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Coeliac disease
Insufficiency of the pancreas (e.g. after pancreatitis or in [[cystic fibrosis)
Whipple's disease (a very rare bacterial infection)
Many more ...
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The disorder, also known as Wermer's syndrome, can cause multiple tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and in the pancreas.
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1144. Inferior surface of pancreas
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1145. Inferior surface of petrous part of temporal bone ...
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Insulin. A peptide hormone secreted by the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas that regulates the level of sugar in the blood.
Interferon. A family of small proteins that stimulate viral resistance in cells.
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Hyperglycemia high blood sugar another name for diabetes due either to not enough insulin being produced by the pancreas or faulty insulin receptors in the liver
(hyper = over above; glyco = sweet; -emia = blood) ...
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