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pancreas

Physiology: - glandular organ with exocrine & endocrine functions - located in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach, its head resting on the duodenum, its tail abutting the spleen Innervation: - innervated by sensory, parasympathetic, sympathetic fibers - receives neuronal input from enteric neurons of the intestine [2] Laboratory: - exocrine pancreas antibody - exocrine pancreas IgA+IgG

Related

pancreatic disease

Specific

bionic pancreas uncinate process of pancreas (lesser, small, uncinate, unciform, Willis or Winslow pancreas, pancreas minus)

General

endocrine gland exocrine gland

References

  1. Wikipedia: Pancreas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas
  2. Kirchgessner AL, Gershon MD. Innervation of the pancreas by neurons in the gut. J Neurosci. 1990;10(5):1626-42 PMID: 2159059 PMCID: PMC6570061 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6570061/

Component-of

abdomen digestive system

Components

islets of Langerhans; pancreatic islets

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