islet of LangerhansImported
The clusters of hormone-producing cells that are scattered throughout the pancreas.
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pancreatic insula
pancreatic islet
Related Synonyms
island of Langerhans
island of pancreas
islets of Langerhans
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Anatomical structure which consists of glands developed from pancreatic ducts in the larvae and secrete insulin.[AAO]
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Mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians have a pancreas with similar histology and mode of development, while in some fish, the islet cells are segregated as Brockmann bodies.[well established][VHOG]
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A primitive exocrine pancreas can be found in holocephalan cartilaginous fish; a pancreatic duct directly ending in the gut lumen is connected to a glandular structure made of exocrine cells and associated with cell islets, which comprises three different hormone-producing cell types: insulin, somatostatin and glucagon (Yui and Fujita, 1986)
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