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What is the main function of the pancreas?
What is the main function of the pancreas?
- Producing and secreting digestion proteins
- Synthesizing and secreting large quantities of protein
- Completing the intraluminal digestion of ingested carbohydrates, protein, and fat (correct)
- Neutralizing the acidic gastric contents
What is the morphology of the secretory unit in the pancreas?
What is the morphology of the secretory unit in the pancreas?
- Cluster of acinar cells
- Main pancreatic duct
- Intralobular ducts
- Acinus and an intercalated duct (correct)
What are the special histological features of the pancreatic acinar cells?
What are the special histological features of the pancreatic acinar cells?
- Synthesizing and secreting large quantities of protein
- Polarized epithelial cells specialized for the production and export of proteins (correct)
- Cluster of acinar cells that synthesize and secrete proteins
- Specialized for the production and export of large quantities of protein
What is the location of the pancreas within the body?
What is the location of the pancreas within the body?
How do intercalated ducts merge to form the main pancreatic duct?
How do intercalated ducts merge to form the main pancreatic duct?
What is the specialization of acinar cells in the pancreas?
What is the specialization of acinar cells in the pancreas?
Which of the following best describes the secretory granules of pancreatic acinar cells?
Which of the following best describes the secretory granules of pancreatic acinar cells?
What is the most characteristic feature of the acinar cell?
What is the most characteristic feature of the acinar cell?
What stimulates HCO3 secretion by the pancreatic duct?
What stimulates HCO3 secretion by the pancreatic duct?
How does secretin stimulate HCO3 secretion by the pancreatic duct?
How does secretin stimulate HCO3 secretion by the pancreatic duct?
What physiological mediator stimulates pancreatic protein secretion?
What physiological mediator stimulates pancreatic protein secretion?
How does CCK stimulate enzyme secretion through a CCK 1 receptor on the acinar cell?
How does CCK stimulate enzyme secretion through a CCK 1 receptor on the acinar cell?
What do pancreatic juices contain that is responsible for digestion?
What do pancreatic juices contain that is responsible for digestion?
What happens to pancreatic flow rate at high flow rates?
What happens to pancreatic flow rate at high flow rates?
What is the most characteristic feature of the acinar cell?
What is the most characteristic feature of the acinar cell?
In which pancreatic cells can we find the CFTR regulator?
In which pancreatic cells can we find the CFTR regulator?
What stimulates adenylyl cyclase in the duct cells?
What stimulates adenylyl cyclase in the duct cells?
Which physiological mediator stimulates pancreatic protein secretion?
Which physiological mediator stimulates pancreatic protein secretion?
What is the main function of the pancreatic duct cells?
What is the main function of the pancreatic duct cells?
Which hormone stimulates HCO3 secretion by the pancreatic duct?
Which hormone stimulates HCO3 secretion by the pancreatic duct?
What are the secretory proteins responsible for digestion?
What are the secretory proteins responsible for digestion?
What are the two pathways through which CCK stimulates enzyme secretion?
What are the two pathways through which CCK stimulates enzyme secretion?
$CFTR$ channel activation stimulates what type of ion transport in pancreatic duct cells?
$CFTR$ channel activation stimulates what type of ion transport in pancreatic duct cells?
