can you please give a detailed answer?
or is there any website that can help me?
2007-02-16 06:23:28 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Hormones produced in the Islets of Langerhans are secreted directly into the blood flow by (at least) four different types of cells:
Beta cells producing Insulin and Amylin (65-80% of the islet cells)
Alpha cells releasing Glucagon (15-20%)
Delta cells producing Somatostatin (3-10%)
PP cells containing polypeptide (1%)
Islets can influence each other through paracrine and autocrine communication, and beta-cells are coupled electrically to beta-cells (but not to other cell-types).
2007-02-16 06:28:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jenny M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's insulin county, which facilitates the digestion of sugar. Almost any website to which you input islet of langerhans will help you, although you might want to start with Wikipedia.
2007-02-16 06:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by cattbarf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These little cell clusters, mostly in the pancreas, make insulin. That's about all the detail there is.
2007-02-16 06:28:23 · answer #3 · answered by PoppaJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋