Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Soon after eating a meal what happens to pancreatic hormone secretions

Soon after eating a meal what happens to pancreatic hormone secretions?
How does this change hours later? How would this response be different in a person with type 2 diabetes mellitus? Would insulin be very effective in helping to take up nutrients in a person with type 2 diabetes?
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In contrast to the endocrine pancreas, which secretes hormones into the blood, the exocrine pancreas produces digestive enzymes and an alkaline fluid (referred to as pancreatic juice), and secretes them into the small intestine through a system of exocrine ducts in response to the small intestine hormones secretin and cholecystokinin. Digestive enzymes include trypsin, chymotrypsin, pancreatic lipase, and pancreatic amylase, and are produced and secreted by acinar cells of the exocrine pancreas. Specific cells that line the pancreatic ducts, called centroacinar cells, secrete a bicarbonate- and salt-rich solution into the small intestine. The pancreas is also the main source of enzymes for digesting fats (lipids) and proteins.







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