Question

Depict the correct site of hormone synthesis in the islets of Langerhans.

• A. $\alpha$ cells- glucagon, $\beta$ cells- insulin, $\delta$ cells- somatostatin
• B. $\alpha$ cells- insulin, $\beta$ cells- glucagon, $\delta$ cells- somatostatin
• C. $\delta$ cells- insulin, $\alpha$ cells- somatostatin, $\beta$ cells- glucagon
• D. $\alpha$ cells- somatostatin, $\beta$ cells- insulin, $\delta$ cells- glucagon

Answer 1

The correct option is A $\alpha$ cells- glucagon, $\beta$ cells- insulin, $\delta$ cells- somatostatin

Pancreas contain several hundred clusters of cells called islets of Langerhans. The islets are endocrine tissue containing four types of cells. They are the: beta cells, which secrete insulin; alpha cells, which secrete glucagon; delta cells, which secrete somatostatin, and gamma cells, which secrete pancreatic polypeptide.