Insulae pancreaticae
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Insulae pancreaticae[1] aut Insulae Langerhanenses[2] sunt complures nodi cellularum in pancreate contenti, qui summam sacchari in sanguine sentiunt et glucagonem aut insulinam efferunt; quam ob rem hae insulae inter glandulas endocrinas enumerantur. Cum nimia sacchara in sanguine sunt (>5,6mM glucosi, e.g post cenam), insulina in sanguinem effunditur, ut sacchara ibidem minuerentur.
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