The part of the pancreas that is part of the endocrine system and is made up of islet cells, which produce insulin, glucagon and somatostatin. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:GO ]
Synonyms: pars endocrina pancreatis endocrine pancreas
Term information
- EV:0100129
- EFO:0002542
- VHOG:0000049
- ZFA:0001260
- NCIT:C32509
- TAO:0001260
- Wikipedia:Islets_of_Langerhans
- BTO:0000650
- MA:0001582
- EMAPA:35305
- SCTID:361339003
- FMA:16018
- CALOHA:TS-1302
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- compound organ component
- endoderm-derived structure
- capable of some somatostatin secretion
- contributes to morphology of some pancreas
- part of some pancreas
- capable of some insulin secretion
- part of some endocrine system
- composed primarily of some islet of Langerhans
- capable of some glucagon secretion
- develops from some dorsal pancreatic bud