Pancreas

Question 1

Which two vertebral bodies does the pancreas cross

Answer 1

L1 and L2

Question 2

What lies anterior to the pancreas on the right

Answer 2

the stomach between the duodenum

Question 3

What lies posterior to the pancreas on the left

Answer 3

Spleen

Question 4

Parts of the pancreas

Answer 4

Head, Uncinate process, neck, body, and

tail.

Question 5

Describe location of the head of the pancreas

Answer 5

lies within the C-shaped concavity of the

duodenum.

Question 6

Describe location of the uncinate process of the pancreas

Answer 6

passes posterior to the superior mesenteric vessels.

Question 7

Describe location of the neck of the pancreas

Answer 7

anterior to the superior mesenteric
vessels. Posterior to the neck of the pancreas, the superior
mesenteric and splenic veins join to form the portal vein

Question 8

Describe location of the body of the pancreas

Answer 8

elongate and extends from the neck

to the tail of the pancreas

Question 9

Describe location of the tail of the pancreas

Answer 9

between layers of the splenorenal

ligament

Question 10

Two pancreatic ducts

Answer 10

Main pancreatic duct and accessory pancreatic duct

Question 11

Which sphincters
prevent reflux of digestive secretions and
duodenal content

Answer 11

The sphincter of the pancreatic duct , the
sphincter of the bile duct , and the hepatopancreatic sphincter (of
Oddi)

Question 12

Which sphincter controls the flow of digestive secretion (bile) into the
duodenum.

Answer 12

the sphincter of the bile duct

Question 13

Arterial supply of the pancreas

Answer 13

splenic, superior mesenteric and gastroduodenal

artery

Question 14

Which arteries supply the head of the pancreas

Answer 14

The anterior and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal
arteries, and the
anterior and posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries

Question 15

Venous drainage of the pancreas

Answer 15

occurs via corresponding pancreatic veins,

tributaries of the splenic and superior mesenteric parts of the hepatic portal vein

Question 16

Lymphatic drainage of the pancreas

Answer 16

Pancreaticosplenic lymph nodes. Some vessels end
in the pyloric lymph nodes. Efferent vessels from these nodes drain to the superior
mesenteric lymph nodes or to the celiac lymph nodes via the hepatic lymph nodes

Question 17

Nerve supply of the pancreas

Answer 17

e vagus and abdominopelvic

splanchnic nerves

Question 18

Which nerve fibers are distributed to pancreatic

acinar cells and islets

Answer 18

sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 19

Which fibers are secretomtor

Answer 19

Parasympathetic

Question 20

Parasympathetic fibers rely on which hormone

Answer 20

Secretin and cholecystokinin

Question 21

Cancer of which part of the pancreas accounts for accounts for most cases of extrahepatic obstruction of the biliary ducts

Answer 21

cancer of the head of the pancreas

Question 22

Obstruction of what causes jaundice

Answer 22

Biliary tract