The endocrine component of the pancreas consists of islet cells (islets of Langerhans) that create and release important hormones directly into the bloodstream. Two of the main pancreatic hormones are insulin, which acts to lower blood sugar, and glucagon, which acts to raise blood sugar.
Variability is a measure of the spread of a data set. Learn more about the different measures of variability including the range, variance, and standard deviation, and how they are used in the field of Psychology.
Long Term Natural Variability (100k year periods) This is long term climate variability. If you were to look at periods of natural variability over the past 1 million years, you would be likely focusing on the natural variability caused by the Milankovitch cycles.