Pancreas Flashcards
What are the 5 parts of the pancreas?
Tail, body, neck, head, uncinate process
What is the arterial supply to the body and tail of the pancreas?
Pancreatic branches of the splenic artery
What is the arterial supply to the head, neck and body of the pancreas?
Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery from the gastroduodenal
What is the arterial supply to the head and uncinate process of the pancreas?
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery from superior mesenteric
What is the venous drainage from the body, neck and tail of the pancreas?
Splenic vein
What is the venous drainage from the head and uncinate process of the pancreas?
Superior mesenteric vein
At what week does insulin secretion begin?
Week 20
What parts of the pancreas does the dorsal bud give rise to?
Part of the head, neck, body and tail
What parts of the pancreas does the ventral bud give rise to?
Part of the head and the uncinaste process
What do PP cells secrete?
Pancreatic polypeptide
What do alpha cells secrete?
Glucagon
What do beta cells secrete?
Insulin
What do delta cells secrete?
Somatostatin
What are the exocrine secretions of the pancreas?
HCO3-, Zymogens, Digestive enzymes
What is the role of HCO3-?
Neutralises chyme in the duodenum