Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer

Question 1

Name the five anatomical regions of the pancreas

Answer 1

Uncinate process, head, neck, body and tail

Question 2

Give the function of the exocrine pancreas

Answer 2

Release pancreatic enzymes into the pancreatic duct for digestion

Question 3

Give the function of the endocrine pancreas

Answer 3

Secretes hormones into the blood stream

Question 4

Beta cells secrete

Answer 4

Insulin

Question 5

Alpha cells secrete

Answer 5

Glucagon

Question 6

Delta cells secrete

Answer 6

Somatostatin

Question 7

F cells secrete

Answer 7

pancreatic polypeptide

Question 8

Pancreatic secretions are controlled by CN

Answer 8

X

Question 9

Acinar cells secrete

Answer 9

Proteases (trypsin and chymotrypsin), lipase, amylase

Question 10

Epithelial cells line the ducts and produce

Answer 10

Bicarbonate and water

Question 11

Parenchymal inflammation can trigger either

Answer 11

Peripancreatic exudation or hypo perfusion and necrosis

Question 12

Peripancreatic exudation leads to

Answer 12

Pseudocysts

Question 13

Necrosis leads to

Answer 13

Release of toxins into blood or peritoneum, leading to shock, or infectious necrosis and abscess