What's the relation between pancreas and pituitary gland?

Answer 1

In Anatomy and Physiology, Insulin is responsible for helping your glucose in the body be used by the cells for energy. it serves as the medium in which glucose can enter the cells for usage. In Diabetes, the patient has low, no, or non-functioning insulin in the body. This will result in increasing glucose in the body leading to Diabetes. So, Insulin is needed in order to lower the blood sugar in the body.

Answer 2

In type one, or juvenile diabetes, the pancreas has been attacked to an extent that it can no longer produce the hormones that are the entire purpose of having a pancreas. In essence, the pancreas is dead. In type two, or adult onset diabetes, either the pancreas isn't making enough insulin due to being attacked, or the problem is your cells not recognising the insulin, not the insulin production in the pancreas itself.

Answer 3

Yes - the pancreas creates and excretes insulin, which is needed to breakdown sugars in the blood for cellular absorption.

Type 1 diabetics do not produce any insulin.

Type 2 diabetics do not produce enough insulin and/or have developed a resistance to their own insulin.

Answer 4

with diabetes your body is unable to regulate the blood sugar levels in the body. Too high of a level will damage organs and other systems while too low of a level can lead to coma or death if not treated immediately..

Insulin is produced by the pancreas and is released into the body when the blood sugar level is too high.

Answer 5

When you have high blood sugar, say after a meal, your pancreas releases the hormone insulin. This allows glucose (sugar) to enter your cells to be used for energy, and returns blood-sugar levels to normal. Diabetes is caused by problems with insulin resulting in high blood-sugar, and its related symptoms. In a nutshell, for type 1 diabetes the pancreas cannot produce insulin (so you have to take a shot), and in type 2 you do produce insulin, but your cells are partially resistant to it.

Answer 6

Glucose can move around in blood (to feed cells) or be stored in muscles (to use later).

Insulin encourages glucose uptake by muscles (ie. more stored in muscles, less going around in blood). When blood glucose levels are too high, it helps lower them.

*Type 1 diabetics (usually diagnosed early in life) are not able to produce enough insulin, so they have insulin injections. (high blood glucose but low insulin levels)

*Type 2 diabetics (a condition that usually occurs later in life) are able to produce insulin fine, but are not able to respond to it correctly - it's there, but it just isn't doing its job. (high blood glucose and insulin levels). Some inject insulin, but the benefit can be limited. Diet control is a better way to manage this!

Glucagon works in the opposite direction, encouraging glucose stored in muscles to come out and circulate in the blood.

At any one time, both insulin and glucagon are circulating, which helps with controlling levels well.

Answer 7

Diabetes, which is formally known as Diabetes Mellitus, is a group of diseases that cause the sufferer to have an elevated blood sugar level. This high blood sugar level is caused by either a lack of insulin production or lack of response to insulin. Insulin is the hormone that causes various organs to absorb blood sugar.

Answer 8

The pancreas produces insulin which your body uses to regulate sugar levels in your blood.

Answer 9

They are both endocrine glands. The hormones they release do not have much interaction. The pancreas also has exocrine functions in the GI system.