islet of Langerhans

regions of the pancreas
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islet of Langerhans

Summary

islet of Langerhans is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #193 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • islet of Langerhans is credited with the discovery of Paul Langerhans[3].
  • islet of Langerhans's image is recorded as Langerhanssche Insel.jpg[4].
  • islet of Langerhans's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[5].
  • Paul Langerhans is named after islet of Langerhans[6].
  • islet of Langerhans's GND ID is recorded as 4166698-7[7].
  • islet of Langerhans's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85068605[8].
  • islet of Langerhans's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120398384[9].
  • islet of Langerhans's subclass of is recorded as organ component[10].
  • islet of Langerhans's subclass of is recorded as particular anatomical entity[11].
  • islet of Langerhans's part of is recorded as pancreas[12].
  • islet of Langerhans's Commons category is recorded as Islets of Langerhans[13].
  • islet of Langerhans's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007515[14].
  • islet of Langerhans's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 45023[15].
  • islet of Langerhans's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cb0n[16].
  • islet of Langerhans's MeSH tree code is recorded as A03.734.414[17].
  • islet of Langerhans's MeSH tree code is recorded as A06.300.414[18].
  • islet of Langerhans's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph138130[19].
  • islet of Langerhans's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 611.37[20].
  • islet of Langerhans's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 612.34[21].
  • islet of Langerhans's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 573.377[22].
  • islet of Langerhans's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0036486[23].
  • islet of Langerhans's Terminologia Anatomica 98 ID is recorded as A05.9.01.019[24].
  • islet of Langerhans's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25].
  • islet of Langerhans's Foundational Model of Anatomy ID is recorded as 16016[26].
  • islet of Langerhans's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/islets-of-Langerhans[27].

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Works and Contributions

islet of Langerhans is credited with the discovery of Paul Langerhans[3].

Why It Matters

islet of Langerhans draws 227 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #193 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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