The nurse clarifies that the actual structural unit that secretes insulin is the:
a. pancreas.
b. islets of Langerhans.
c. beta cell.
d. alpha cell.
C
The actual structural unit that secretes insulin is the beta cell. Beta cells are found on the islets of Langerhans, which are in the pancreas.
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