Question

Animal pancreatic cells are specialized to secrete large amounts of specific kinds of proteins--digestive enzymes--into the small intestine. which model represents this type of cell? (note: the models are not drawn to scale.)

Answer 1

The question pertains to the role of pancreatic acinar cells in secreting digestive enzymes into the small intestine for the chemical breakdown of food.

Step-by-step explanation:

The subject of this question focuses on pancreatic acinar cells which are specialized to produce and secrete digestive enzymes into the small intestine. These cells contain secretory vesicles that carry enzymes and release them through exocytosis. The pancreas, as both an endocrine and exocrine gland, plays a crucial role in digestion by secreting enzymes for the chemical breakdown of food and bicarbonate to neutralize the acidity in the small intestine.

Answer 2

Acinous secretory pancreatic cells.

Step-by-step explanation:

Secretory pancreatic cells are organized in sac-shape structures called acini. These structures are conformed of acinous cells and center-acinous cells that secrete digestive enzymes into the intestine

Acinous cells are secretory pyramidal-shaped cells with a rouned and basal nucleus. Their cytoplasm is basophil and shows a high endoplasmic reticulum activity, as it is in charge of synthesizing the secretory enzymes.

Center-acinous cells collect secretions from acinous cells and conform ducts to where they vert all these secretions destined to be released into the intestine.