OntologieshcaoclassesUBERON:0000006   
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islet of LangerhansImported
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The clusters of hormone-producing cells that are scattered throughout the pancreas.

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Also appears indhbapridecpontaismefo + 19
Exact Synonyms
pancreatic insula
pancreatic islet
Related Synonyms
island of Langerhans
island of pancreas
islets of Langerhans
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uberon

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Pancreatic islet

present in taxon

Homo sapiensncbitaxon

UBPROP_0000001

Anatomical structure which consists of glands developed from pancreatic ducts in the larvae and secrete insulin.[AAO]

UBPROP_0000003

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]

UBPROP_0000008

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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