One of the cell types found in the Islets of Langehans in the pancreas. They are the source of insulin, and contain mechanisms which watch blood glucose levels and which secrete (or not) insulin in response.
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(from the article `Langerhans, islets of`) ...German physician Paul Langerhans, who first described them in 1869. The normal human pancreas contains about 1,000,000 islets. The islets consist ... ...while type II diabetes is characterized by tissue resistance to the insulin that is produced by the pancreas. The islets of Langerhans in t...
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1. <pathology> Cells of the pancreas within discrete endocrine islands (Islets of Langerhans) embedded in the major exocrine tissue of vertebrate pancreas. ... The B or beta cells (originally distinguished by differential staining from A, C and D), are responsible for synthesis and secretion of insulin, a hormone that controls the level of gl...
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a type of basophilic islet cell in the pancreas that secretes insulin; beta cells make up most of the bulk of the islets of Langerhans and contain granules that are soluble in alcohol. basophil (def. 3).
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A cell that makes insulin. Beta cells are located in the islets of the pancreas.
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One class of cells found in the islets of Langehans in the pancreas. They are the source of insulin, and contain mechanisms which watch blood glucose levels and secrete (or not) insulin in response.
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A cell that makes insulin. Beta cells are located in the islets of the pancreas.
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noun a cell that produces insulin in the isles of Langerhans in the pancreas
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Cells of the pancreas that makes insulin.
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A type of cell in an area of the pancreas called the islets of Langerhans; beta cells make and release insulin, which helps control the glucose level in the blood.
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