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somatostatin and
pancreatic polypeptide. As a part of the
digestive system, it
functions as an
exocrine gland secreting pancreatic juice into the duodenum...
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types of
pancreatic cancer are known. The most common,
pancreatic adenocarcinoma,
accounts for
about 90% of cases, and the term "
pancreatic cancer" is...
- pancreas.
Causes include a
gallstone impacted in the
common bile duct or the
pancreatic duct,
heavy alcohol use,
systemic disease, trauma,
elevated calcium levels...
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pancreatitis are a
gallstone blocking the
common bile duct
after the
pancreatic duct has joined; and
heavy alcohol use.
Other causes include direct trauma...
- The
pancreatic islets or
islets of
Langerhans are the
regions of the
pancreas that
contain its
endocrine (hormone-producing) cells,
discovered in 1869...
- A
pancreatic cyst is a
fluid filled sac
within the pancreas. The
prevalence of
pancreatic cysts is 2-15%
based on
imaging studies, but the prevalence...
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Pancreatic diseases are
diseases that
affect the pancreas, an
organ in most
vertebrates and in
humans and
other mammals located in the abdomen. The pancreas...
- A
pancreatic tumor is an
abnormal growth in the pancreas. In adults,
almost 90% are
pancreatic cancer and a few are benign.
Pancreatic tumors are rare...
- The
pancreatic duct or duct of
Wirsung (also, the
major pancreatic duct due to the
existence of an
accessory pancreatic duct) is a duct
joining the pancreas...
-
dorsal pancreatic bud
gives rise to the
accessory pancreatic duct,
while the
distal portion of the
dorsal pancreatic bud and
ventral pancreatic bud give...
