It's principle responsibility is to create digestive enzymes and hormones, one of which is insulin. This article will describe how insulin is created in the pancreas and the other hormones that help to modify the blood sugar levels of the body. The pancreas is made up of exocrine and endocrine cells. Exocrine cells create the digestive enzymes that are passed into the stomach to help break down food. Endocrine cells are responsible for creating and secreting insulin and it's counterpart glucagon.
Blood in urine: Introduction. Blood in the urine is called hematuria and may indicate quite severe problems. Bleeding can arise within the urinary system in areas such as the kidneys, bladder, prostate or other parts of the urinary tract.
Lab tests for blood in urine usually just involve dipping a test strip into a fresh urine sample. The condition of having blood present in your urine is called hematuria, but the amount of blood may be too low to be seen with the naked eye. The condition may be trivial but can also signal a problem. slide 1 of 4.