Pancreas Function
What types of cells does the pancreas use?
Islets of Langerhans cells
Aids in digestion by stimulating certain cells in the stomach to produce acid
Gastrin
What are the 3 P's of Diabetes Mellitus?
Polydipsia, polyphagia, and polyuria
What is the most common cause of pancreatic cancer?
Alcohol
In the US, these individuals have a triple risk of developing chronic pancreatitis?
Alcoholics
What does the pancreas produce to aid in digestion?
Enzymes
When levels of other pancreatic hormones, such as insulin and glucagon, get too high ____ is secreted to maintain a balance of glucose and salt in the blood
Somatostatin
What is the diagnostic lab test that shows an average of glucose control over the past 2-3 months?
A1C
Symptoms: upper abdominal pain, pain radiating down back, rapid pulse, vomiting
Pancreatitis
What are toxic metabolic causes?
Alcohol, tobacco, and hypercalcemia
What are the 5 types of Islets of Langerhans cells?
Alpha, Beta, Delta, PP, and Epsilon
Controls water secretion and absorption from the intestines by stimulating the intestinal cells to release water and salts into the intestines
Vasoactive intestinal peptide
What was previously called non-insulin-dependent or adult-onset diabetes?
Type 2
What is pancreatitis pseudocyst?
Collection of bleak pancreatic fluids, really dangerous if it ruptures
What is the term for insufficient production of enzymes?
exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?
Helps in digestion
Helps insulin maintain normal blood glucose by working in the opposite way of insulin
Glucagon
Your body does not like you and it destroys the pancreatic beta cells, what do you have?
Type 1
Gestational diabetes
What are some acute causes of dysfunction?
hypercalcemia, pancreatic cancer, obesity
What is the endocrine function of the pancreas?
Regulates blood sugar
Regulates blood glucose by allowing the body's cells to absorb and use glucose
Insulin
What percentage of nontraumatic amputations are caused by diabetes?
60%
Small tubes that transport enzymes out of the pancreas become blocked with mucous
Cystic fibrosis
What condition of recurrent inflammation results in the replacement of pancreatic tissue by fibrosis?
Chronic pancreatitis