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Insulin is a hormone that regulates carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin causes cells in the liver, muscle, and fat tissue to take up glucose from the blood, storing it as glycogen in the liver and muscle.
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∙ 13y agoIt is the islets of langerhans.
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∙ 14y agoAlpha cells produce glucagon. Beta cells produce insulin. Both are contained with in the pancreatic islets (Islets of Langerhans).
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∙ 11y agoBeta cells
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∙ 13y agoBeta cells.
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When exogenous DNA is used to make insulin which type of cell produces the insulin?
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What type of secretion is insulin?
Insulin is an endocrine hormone secreted by the pancreas. You could call it endocrine or pancreatic secretion.
Is diabetes an example of hypersecretion hyposecretion or receptor problem?
Diabetes mellitus is not caused by a hypersecretion of insulin. A person with diabetes either produces too little insulin, or a normal amount of insulin that is not recognized by other cells in the body. Diabetes is caused by a lack of effective insulin. In type 1 diabetes the pancreatic beta cells are not producing sufficient insulin. Type 2 diabetes occurs when insulin sensitivity in target cells has decreased, so the insulin is no longer causing glucose uptake.
When your body destroys the pancreatic cells that produce insulin it leads to a condition?
The condition is known as Type I insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.
Which glands produce insulin?
In humans only the pancreas produces insulin. There are clusters of specialized cells in the pancreas called Islets of Langerhans. The cell type in the Islets that produce insulin are beta cells. (Other cell types in the Islets produce other hormones.)
What is a insulin pump and how is it used in space?
Well, an Insulin Pump is a little device that kind of looks like a cell phone. It produces insulin for your body if you have diabetes, if you want to know what an insulin pump looks like go to Google and type in: Insulin pump. There is many different kinda of pumps. And I'm not sure if there used in space....
The type of cell division that produces daughter cells is?
The type of cell division that produces daughter cells is MEIOSIS.
The pancreas produces what kind of juice?
The pancreas is located in the abdomen behind the stomach; this organ is responsible for converting the food which we eat into fuel for our bodies. The type of juice that can be found in the pancreas is called pancreatic juice, which is made up of digestive enzymes.
What causes the pacreas to stop making or producing insulin?
Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disorder in which there is an absence or insufficient production of insulin. Two major classifications of diabetes are Type I or insulin-dependent mellitus (IDDM) and Type II, non-insulin dependent mellitus (NIDDM). Though many Type II diabetics use insulin but may still retain some degree of pancreatic function.
What is the medical term meaning autoimmune insulin deficiency disorder caused by the destruction of pancreatic islet beta cells?
type 1 diabetestype 1 diabetesdiabetesDiabetes Mellitus Type I.
How long does it take for insulin to regulate your blood sugar?
Depends how high the person's blood sugar is, and how fast-acting the insulin is. Insulin is sold in different types which range from rapid-acting (peak in 1 hour or less), to long-acting (peak effectiveness 8-10 hours after dose). Also, not all type-1 diabetics are entirely without the capacity to produce insulin, so it also depends on their own pancreatic islet cell capacity.
What four cell populations make up the endocrine pancreas Which hormone does each type of cell produce?
(1) alpha cells: glucagon; (2) beta cells: insulin; (3) delta cells: growth hormone-inhibiting hormone (GH-IH, or somatostatin); and (4) F cells: pancreatic polypeptide
