Tags: Anatomical Structure.

The islets of Langerhans are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine (i.e. hormone-producing) cells. Discovered in 1869 by German pathological anatomist Paul Langerhans at the age of 22 the islets of Langerhans constitute approximately 1% to 2% of the mass of the pancreas.

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