LP30158-7

Pancreas

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Descriptions

The pancreas is an organ in the digestive and endocrine system that serves two major functions: exocrine - producing pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes.endocrine - producing several important hormones, including insulin. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Pancreas (Wikipedia)

A nodular organ in the ABDOMEN that contains a mixture of ENDOCRINE GLANDS and EXOCRINE GLANDS. The small endocrine portion consists of the ISLETS OF LANGERHANS secreting a number of hormones into the blood stream. The large exocrine portion (EXOCRINE PANCREAS) is a compound acinar gland that secretes several digestive enzymes into the pancreatic ductal system that empties into the DUODENUM. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

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Part Name

Pancreas

Part Display Name

Pancreas

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Created On

2002-07-29

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Pancreas

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