Pancreas

This is where a chemical digestion process takes place in preparation for absorption in the small intestine. Chemical secretions from the liver, pancreas, and gallbladder (GI accessory organs) mix with the chyme in the duodenum to assist the progress of chemical digestion. This is also where the upper GI tract ends and the lower GI tract begins. The small intestine is a long thin tube, about 1 cm…

During immense physical activity the blood glucose level will drop. This is due to your body needing and using more energy, so it is using up the glucose in the blood. For example during the rainbow rage athletes could expect to see their blood glucose levels continually drop throughout the 106 km track. Due to the intensity of the track and the distance their blood glucose levels will get very low and the alpha cells will be struggling to secrete enough glucagon to make sure the liver can keep…

The digestive system of a dog is composed of; the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, and large intestines but also requires help from organs such as the pancreas, and liver. The digestive systems roles are: digesting of food absorbing of nutrients Dog's digestive systems work differently to that of a human, for instance the digestion process begins in the stomach for dog's and in the mouth for humans. It is important for owners to have some idea of how the digestive system…

The digestive tract includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine. Some accessory organs of the digestive tract include the teeth, tongue, and various glandular organs such as salivary glands, liver and the pancreas. Digestion is important for breaking down food into nutrients, which the body uses for energy, growth, and cell repair. Food and liquids must be changed into smaller molecules of nutrients before the blood absorbs them and carries them to the…

alimentary canal which include the mouth or oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestines, and large intestines including the accessory organs of digestion which involve the teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder and the pancreas. The alimentary canal and the accessory organs perform the following functions which include; ingestion, secretion,…

increasingly obvious that there was no discernible difference between the two sets of cells. My first independent task as a member of the University of Alberta Diabetes Institute was to review hundreds of cell images. The cells came from the human pancreas—the Islets of Langerhans—a medieval sounding name that seemed contradictory to their mundanity under a microscope. My task was to quantify the number of the nuclei and the hormones glucagon and insulin, each highlighted by different…

The hormone insulin, made inside the pancreas with the help of beta cells, is released with each meal, to help the body store the blood glucose it gets from food (1). Your blood glucose level is an important level to shows how much sugar a person's body has in their blood, which in effect comes from the food that we eat. The insulin normally targets the liver because it’s the organ that removes glucose from the body turning it into glycogen.(2) There are many different types of insulin based off…

glands these are the hypothalamus, thymus, pancreas, ovaries, testes, kidneys, stomach, liver, small intestine, skin, heart, adipose tissue, and placenta. Hormones…

morphologically characterized by dendrites that radiate from the main cell body leading to a star-like shape and giving rise to the name Stellate i.e. star-like. They can be found in various parts of the body such as: kidneys, lungs, liver, breast, and pancreas; some of these ones have been less thoroughly characterized compared to others such as hepatic SC [1-5]. Although the dissimilar microenvironment of SC in different parts of the body condition them to react different, it have been shown…

body and the metabolism are two examples of what the endocrine systems does. The major contributors to the endocrine system include the pituitary gland, thyroid, hypothalamus, parathyroid, adrenal glands, pineal body, reproductive glands, and the pancreas. The pituitary gland is considered the most important part of endocrine system because it controls may of its functions. Some key hormones the pituitary gland is responsible for are: growth hormones, thyroid-stimulating hormones (TSH),…