Pancreas

Pancreas
Anatomy o the pancreas
1: Heid o pancreas 2: Uncinate process o pancreas 3: Pancreatic notch 4: Body o pancreas 5: Anterior surface o pancreas 6: Inferior surface o pancreas 7: Superior margin o pancreas 8: Anterior margin o pancreas 9: Inferior margin o pancreas 10: Omental tuber 11: Tail o pancreas 12: Duodenum
Details
Precursor	pancreatic buds
Artery	inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, splenic artery
Vein	pancreaticoduodenal veins, pancreatic veins
Nerve	pancreatic plexus, celiac ganglia, vagus[1]
Identifiers
Laitin	Pancreass (Greek: Pankreas)
MeSH	A03.734
TA	A05.9.01.001
FMA	7198
Anatomical terminology [eedit on Wikidata]

The pancreas is a glandular organ in the digeestive seestem an endocrine seestem o vertebrates. In humans, it is locatit in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach. It is an endocrine gland producin several important hormones, includin insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, an pancreatic polypeptide which circulate in the bluid.

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