Pancreas Vocabulary and Pathology

Question 1

The cells of the pancreas that carry out the exocrine function and therefore produce amylase, lipase, sodium bicarbonate, and other digestive enzymes

Answer 1

Acinar cells

Question 2

Congenital anomaly of the pancreas that results in the maldevelopment of the pancreas in which the most ventral part of the pancreas encases the duodenum and may consequently lead to duodenal obstruction

Answer 2

Annular pancreas

Question 3

Coexisting enlargement of the common bile duct and pancreatic duct

Answer 3

Double-duct sign

Question 4

The accessory duct of the pancreas

Answer 4

Duct of Santorini

Question 5

The main pancreatic duct

Answer 5

Duct of Wirsung

Question 6

The first segment of the small intestine

Answer 6

Duodenum

Question 7

Endoscopic procedure that utilizes fluoroscopy to evaluate the biliary tree and pancreas

Answer 7

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Question 8

An islet cell tumor found within the pancreas

Answer 8

Gastrinoma

Question 9

Elevated amylase

Answer 9

Hyperamylasemia

Question 10

Bowel obstruction caused by the lack of normal peristalsis

Answer 10

Ileus

Question 11

An islet cell tumor found within the pancreas (most common)

Answer 11

Insulinoma

Question 12

Small islands of tissue found within the pancreas that produce insulin and glucagon

Answer 12

Islets of Langerhans

Question 13

Tumors found with the islets Langerhans of the pancreas

Answer 13

Islet cell Tumors

Question 14

A peritoneal cavity located between the stomach and pancreas where fluid can accumulate

Answer 14

Lesser sac

Question 15

Congenital anomaly of the pancreas that results in a shortened main pancreatic duct that only works to drain the pancreatic head and not the entire pancreas

Answer 15

Pancreatic Divisum

Question 16

The surgical procedure in which the head of the pancreas, the gallbladder, some of the bile ducts, and the proximal duodenum are removed because of a malignant pancreatic neoplasm; also referred to as the Whipple procedure

Answer 16

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Question 17

The pancreatic fluid collection that results from the inflammation of the pancreas

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Phlegmon

Question 18

The syndrome that includes an excessive secretion of acid by the stomach caused by the presence of a functional gastrinoma within the pancreas

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Zolligner-Ellison Syndrome

Question 19

The recurring destruction of the pancreatic tissue that results in atrophy, fibrosis with scarring, and the development of calcification within the gland

Answer 19

Chronic pancreatitis

Question 20

The most common form of pancreatic malignancy, typically found within the head of the pancreas

Answer 20

Pancreatic adenocarcinoma