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The pancreas (plural pancreases, or pancreata) is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates. In humans, it is located in the abdomen behind the stomach and functions as a gland. The pancreas is a mixed or heterocrine gland, i.e., it has both an endocrine and a digestive exocrine function. Ninety-nine percent of the pancreas is exocrine and 1% is endocrine. As an endocrine gland, it functions mostly to regulate blood sugar levels, secreting the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide. As a part of the digestive system, it functions as an ex
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The pancreas is a gland located behind your stomach that plays two important roles in your body: it helps digest food by releasing digestive enzymes, and it regulates your blood sugar levels by producing hormones like insulin. Because of these dual functions, problems with the pancreas can affect both digestion and blood sugar control.
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Key facts
- Anatomy.Name
- Pancreas
- Anatomy.Latin
- pancreas
- Anatomy.Greek
- πάγκρεας (pánkreas)
- Anatomy.Image
- Blausen_0699_PancreasAnatomy2.png
- Anatomy.Caption
- Anatomy of the human pancreas
- Anatomy.Precursor
- Pancreatic buds
- Anatomy.System
- Digestive system and endocrine system
- Anatomy.Artery
- Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, splenic artery
- Anatomy.Vein
- Pancreaticoduodenal veins, pancreatic veins
- Anatomy.Nerve
- Pancreatic plexus, celiac ganglia, vagus nerve
- Anatomy.Lymph
- Splenic lymph nodes, celiac lymph nodes and superior mesenteric lymph nodes
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