Pancreas Flashcards
What kind of gland is the pancreas
Exocrine
Endocrine
What is the exocrine function of the pancreas
Secretion of digestive enzymes
What is the endocrine function of the pancreas
Secretion of insulin and glucagon
What are the parts of the pancreas
Head Neck Body tail uncinate process
What part of the pancreas is no retoperitoneal
Tip of the tail
Where is the head of the pancreas located
in the C-shaped of the duodenum
What artery runs along the superior surface of the pancreas
Splenic artery
What vein runs along the posterior surface of the pancreas
Splenic vein
What drains the pancreas
Pancreatic Duct
Accessory pancreatic duct
What parts of the pancreas does the pancreatic duct drain
neck, body tail
What does the pancreatic duct join to form the hepatopancreatic ampulla
Common bile duct
What does the accessory pancreatic duct drain
Head and uncinate process
Where does the accessory pancreatic duct drain into
Minor duodenal papila
Where is the minor duodenal papilla
2 cm above the major duodenal papilla in the second part of the duodenum
What supplies blood into the pancreas
Pancreatic branch of the splenic artery
superior pancreaticoduodenal artery (gastroduodenal)
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery (super mesenteric)
