Groups of cells in the pancreas. Some of them make and secrete hormones that help the body break down and use food. They were noticed by Paul Langerhans, a German medical student, in 1869; these clusters throughout the pancreas serve several functions. There are currently five known types of cells in an islet: beta cells, which make insulin and......
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Image credit: How Stuff Works: Diabetes Small groups of cells in the pancreas that function as an endocrine gland. The alpha (or A) cells secrete the hormone glucagon, the beta (or B) cells secrete insulin, the delta (or D) cells secrete somatostatin, and the pancreatic polypeptide (PP) cells s...
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see islets.
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<anatomy> Groups of cells found within the pancreas: A cells and B-cells secrete insulin and glucagon. ... See: D cells. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Groups of cells found within the pancreas: A cells and B cells secrete insulin and glucagon. See also D cells.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: lahng′ĕr-hahnz Definitions: 1. cellular masses consisting of several to several hundred cells lying in the interstitial tissue of the pancreas; they are composed of five different cell types that make up the endocrine portion of the pancreas and are the sources of insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, pancreatic poly...
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Islets of Langerhans: Known as the insulin-producing tissue, the islets of Langerhans do more than that. They are groups of specialized cells in the pancreas that make and secrete hormones. Named after the German pathologist Paul Langerhans (1847-1888), who discovered them in 1869, these cells sit in groups that Langerhans likened to little islands...
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(i;letz of lang;er-hanz) See pancreatic islets.
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The endocrine cells of the pancreas; the beta cells within the islets of Langerhans are the source of the critically important hormone insulin.
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Special groups of cells in the pancreas. They make and secrete hormones that help the body break down and use food. Named after Paul Langerhans, the German medical student who discovered them in 1869, these cells sit in clusters in the pancreas. There are five types of cells in an islet: beta cells, which make insulin; alpha cells, which make gluca...
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Groups of cells located in the pancreas that make hormones that help the body break down and use food. For example, alpha cells make glucagon and beta cells make insulin. Also called islets.
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Groups of cells within the pancreas responsible for the secretion of the hormone insulin. They are sensitive to blood sugar levels, producing more hormone when glucose levels rise
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cells found in the pancreas, the most important of which are beta cells the tiny factories that make insulin.
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