Assertion: pancreas's cell | /r/CapableOf | produce hormone
Facets:
value: to control blood sugar levels
type: PURPOSE
value: to control metabolism
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In rare occasions, pancreatic cancer will begin in the cells that produce hormones.
text: The exocrine cells produce digestive enzymes to assist in digestion and the endocrine cells produce hormones to control metabolism.
text: The endocrine cells of the pancreas produce hormones that control certain metabolic functions, including blood sugar regulation and digestion.
text: The endocrine cells of the pancreas produce hormones.
text: Because endocrine tumors begin in cells that produce hormones, the tumors themselves may produce hormones that cause symptoms in addition to the problems caused by the presence of an abnormal mass.
text: It contains several groups of neurosecretory cells called nuclei which produce hormones.
text: These begin in the endocrine cells, which produce hormones to control blood sugar levels.
text: The pancreas’ endocrine cells produce hormones, which are substances that control or regulate specific functions in the body.
text: In particular, they sense when sugar (glucose) levels in the blood rise, and as soon as this happens the cells produce hormones, particularly insulin.
text: Cells of the islets produce hormones that maintain normoglycaemia.
text: The endocrine cells, or islet cells, produce the hormones glucagon, somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide (PP), and insulin.