{"id":619,"date":"2020-11-17T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=619"},"modified":"2022-12-15T19:21:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T19:21:31","slug":"the-pancreas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/?p=619","title":{"rendered":"The Pancreas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3ff8c40ef4d7ead9c9d4f64963bc21_big_gallery1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3ff8c40ef4d7ead9c9d4f64963bc21_big_gallery1.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/3ff8c40ef4d7ead9c9d4f64963bc21_big_gallery1-300x213.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>pancreas<\/strong>&nbsp;is both an exocrine gland as it secretes pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes, and an endocrine gland as it produces several important hormones. It is located just below and behind the stomach.  The endocrine cells of the pancreas are grouped together in areas called&nbsp;<strong>islets of Langerhans<\/strong>.  The islets produce the amino acid-based hormones insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin. Insulin and glucagon are both involved in controlling blood glucose levels. &nbsp;<strong>Insulin<\/strong>&nbsp;is produced by beta cells and causes excess blood glucose to be taken up by liver and muscle cells, where it is stored as glycogen.  <strong>Glucagon<\/strong>&nbsp;is produced by alpha cells and stimulates liver cells to break down stores of glycogen into glucose which is then released into the blood. An alpha cell is another type of endocrine cell that is found within the islets of Langerhans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Hormones Produced In The Pancreas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Hormone<\/th><th>Effects<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>Insulin<\/td><td>Reduces blood glucose concentration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Glucagon<\/td><td>Increases blood glucose concentration<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Amylin<\/td><td>Body Cells, Bone cells<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Somatostatin (inhibitory hormone)<\/td><td>Body Cells, Bone cells<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ghrelin<\/td><td>Body Cells, Bone cells<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;pancreas&nbsp;is both an exocrine gland as it secretes pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes, and an endocrine gland as it produces several important hormones. It is located just below and behind the stomach. The endocrine cells of the pancreas are grouped together in areas called&nbsp;islets of Langerhans. The islets produce the amino acid-based hormones insulin, glucagon, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,23],"tags":[69,89,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3275,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/3275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.georgiaemsacademy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}