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The Pancreas.
The pancreas is a large gland situated below and behind the stomach in the lower abdomen. The pancreas secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum (the first section of the small intestine) through the pancreatic duct. The digestive enzymes in this juice help break down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
Scattered among the cells that produce pancreatic juice are small groups of endocrine cells. These are called the Islets of Langerhans. They secrete two hormones, insulin and glucagon, which maintain blood glucose (sugar) levels.
Insulin is secreted in response to high glucose levels in the blood.
It lowers sugar levels in the blood by increasing the uptake of glucose into the tissues. Glucagon has the opposite effect. It causes the liver to transform the glycogen (a carbohydrate) it stores into glucose, which is then released into the blood.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoInsulin is produced in the pancreas.
Pancreas, liver and muscle cells are responsible for glucose metabolism and if there is any defect in this organ may end up with Diabetes.
Type2 diabetes - pancreas does not produce enough insulin, or the muscle cells does not able to properly utilize the insulin. healthy-ojas.com/diabetes/type2diabetes.html
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∙ 10y agoThe pancreas mainly is responsible for controlling whay happens to sugar in the body and blood. If it needs to be stored, it releases insulin to store it in the liver and muscles as glycogen. If it needs to be put into the blood for transport and use in the tissues of the body, then it releases another hormone called glycogen which takes it out of its storage places and helps it move into circulation.
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∙ 12y agoliver and pancreas
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What gland is the insuin realised from?
Pancreas is the gland which produces Insulin
What is the only hormone stored by the gland that produces it?
Insulin maybe?
Which organ is responsible for producing the hormone insulin to lower blood sugars in the human body?
Pancreas is an endocrine gland that contain cells known as beta cells that produces insulin.
Which of these produces insulin in the body?
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What produces insulin the the body?
The Pancreas
Which endocrine gland produces insulin?
Insulin is produced in the Pancreas. The liver stores Glucose used in Cellular Metabolism. When your body requires more Glucos, your Pancreas will secrete Insulin into the Liver and trigger the release of more Glucose. Your pancreas is located directly inferior of the Liver in the RUQ of the Abdomen.
What is the name of the organ or gland that produces insulin?
Insulin is produced in the pancreas, which is not a small organ. There are specific parts of the pancreas which produce insulin, which are called the Isles of Langerhans.
Insulin and human growth hormone are two examples of products produced by what?
tHE PITITUARY GLAND PRODUCES THESE HORMONES.
What produces insulin.?
The insulin is produced in the pancreas gland. This is situated in your abdomen, starting from the C shaped curve of the duodenum. It is placed horizontally. Pancreas contains Beta cells in islets of Langerhans. These cells produce insulin in your body.
What gland produces pepsin in the human body?
No Gland produces Pepsin, however the Stomach produces Pepsin to break down proteins when you eat a steak for example.
What gland produce insulin?
It's not a gland, but an organ called the pancreas. It is a vital organ that produces insulin which picks up dextrose (sugar) that is running through the blood to organs in your body, with your brain taking 60% of this food. When a genetic defect makes a persons body attack the pancreas (instead of the virus that is in the body at the time) and its insulin cells, it destroys all the insulin cells making the person unable to obtain sugar into the organs. This is a very serious disease called type 1 Diabetes and that person receives synthetic insulin through MIT (Multiple Injection Therapy) or a pump that is attached to them constantly for the rest of their life, to compensate for what the body doesn't produce.
What would the body catch if the pancreas dies?
you would have to inject insulin because the pancreas produces insulin
