1. Endocrine System- Pancreas
Taylor Giampietro
Jorge Rivas
Morgan Kanemoto
Tristan Soares

2. Location
The pancreas is located posterior to the stomach and behind the parietal peritoneum.

3. Basic Anatomy of Organ Elongated, somewhat flattened organ
The endocrine portion consists of groups of cells that are closely associated with blood vessels
These groups of cells form pancreatic islets
The islets include two types of cells
alpha
beta

4. Basic Anatomy of Organ (cont.)
Alpha secretes glucagon
Beta secretes insulin
The pancreas has a head, neck, and tail
The head lies near the duodenum, and the tail extends near the hilum of the spleen
It is made up of exocrine glands, which helps with food digestion

6. General Function of Organ
The Pancreas has 2 glands that are mixed together into one hormone.
Most of the organ is made up of exocrine glands, this helps with the digestion of food. The exocrine cells release the enzymes into bigger and bigger tubes that form the main pancreatic duct. The pancreatic duct runs along the pancreas and drains fluid from the exocrine cells into duodenum. (beginning of small bowel.)

7. General functions of Organ (cont.)
The second function is the endocrine pancreas is small islands of cells called Islets of Langerhans. These cells don’t release the secretions into the pancreatic duct but release it into the bloodstream, these excretions are insulin,and glucagon. These hormones control blood sugar.

8. Secretions and their Functions
The Pancreas secretes insulin and glucagon.
Glucagon stimulates liver to break down glycogen and converts certain non- carbohydrates into glucose
Insulin stimulates the liver to produce glycogen and inhibit conversion of non-carbohydrates into glucose
Insulin secretion promotes amino acids transporting into cells
Insulin allows facilitated diffusion between all cell membranes

9. Disease or Abnormalities associated with hormones
Over-secretion of glucagon and reduced secretion of insulin can lead to type 2 diabetes
Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder that affects many body systems, but mostly the pancreas. This can also lead to diabetes and digestive problems

10. Works Cited
Medicine, John Hopkins. Pancreas function February <
Shier, David, Jackie Butler, and Ricki Lewis. Holes essentials of Human Anatomy & Phisiology. Boston, Mass: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2009, print.