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Diabetes mellitus is a disease that occurs when which organ does not regulate the amount of glucose in the blood?

a. adrenal
b. pancreas
c. hypothalamus
d. parathyroid

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pancreas is the answer
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Insulin is made in the pancreas, an organ located behind the stomach. The pancreas contains clusters of cells called islets. Beta cells within the islets make insulin and release it into the blood.
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