title: [Morphology of the endocrine portion of the reptile pancreas].
abstract: The endocrinous part of the pancreatic gland of reptiles Lacerta agilis, Agama sanguinolenta, Varanus griseus, Testudo horsfieldi and Clemmus Caspica is formed by A-, B- and D-cells. The main form of its structural organization is pancreatic islands. In adition to them, remnants of the "external epithelium" are found in Varanus griseus and A-cells disposed outside of the pancreatic islands in Testudo horsfieldi and Clemmys caspica. As compared with amphibia, reptiles have a better developed counterinsular component (A-cells) of the endocrinous part of the pancreas. The acino-island cells of "A" and "D" types are also found in the pancreas of reptiles, "A"-type cells being predominant among them.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008116:Lizards / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012104:Reptiles / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014426:Turtles / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Morfologiia éndokrinnoĭ chasti podzheludochnoĭ zhelezy reptiliĭ