Pancreas

Question 1

Lies posterior to what organ?

Answer 1

stomach

Question 2

Crosses at what vertebral level?

Answer 2

L1/L2

Question 3

Is the pancreas retro or intra peritoneal?

Answer 3

Retroperitoneal except for the tail

Question 4

Is the pancreas exocrine or endocrine?

Answer 4

Both

Question 5

Portal vein runs posterior to what part of the pancreas?

Answer 5

Neck

Question 6

What blood vessel runs along the superior border of the pancreas?

Answer 6

Splenic artery

Question 7

What pancreatic duct forms the minor duodenal papilla?

Answer 7

Accessory Pancreatic Duct

Question 8

What two vessels join to form the major duodenal papilla?

Answer 8

Main Pancreatic Duct and Common Bile Duct

Question 9

What 2 arteries supply the head and uncinate process?

Answer 9

Anterior Superior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery and Anterior Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery

Question 10

What vein is responsible for draining the pancreas?

Answer 10

Pancreaticoduodenal Vein

Question 11

What artery supplies the tail and body?

Answer 11

Inferior Pancreatic Artery

Question 12

What supplies parasympathetic innervation to the pancreas?

Answer 12

Vagus Nerve

Question 13

What supplies sympathetic innervation to the pancreas?

Answer 13

Greater Splanchnic nerve via the celiac gg