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      3. Old stuff
          3.2. Old physio stuff (around 2005)
              3.2.3. Physiology
                  3.2.3.3. Endocrinology
 3.2.3.3.1. Pancreas - endocrine 
 1. Insulin
 2. Glucagon

Pancreas - endocrine

By volume

  • 2% - Islets of Langerhans
    * 1-2 million islets
  • 80% - exocrine pancreas
  • Rest - ducts and blood vessels

 

Cell types

  • A cells - glucagon
    * 20% of islet cells
  • B cells - insulin
    * 60-70% of islet cells
  • D cells - somatostatin
  • F cells - pancreatic polypeptide.

 

 

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