The zebrafish endocrine pancreas is an compound organ component composed of small groups of islet cells that are distributed throughout the exocrine pancreas. The islet cells produce insulin, glucagon and somatostatin. [ GOC:ymb GOC:cvs ORCiD:0000-0002-9900-7880 ORCiD:0000-0002-2244-7917 ]
Term information
- TAO:0001260
May be called pancreatic islets of Langerhans (related synonym). Alpha cells secrete glucagon like peptide, beta-insulin, delta cells-somatostatin, pancreastatin. May also be called "Brockman bodies".
Term relations
- endocrine pancreas
- compound organ component
- develops from some posterior pancreatic bud
- existence starts during or after some hatching:long-pec
- part of some pancreas