Class 4 - Station 1: Accessory Organs of the GI Tract - Pancreas Flashcards

1
Q

What is the pancreas?

A

A gland

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2
Q

Is the pancreas exocrine or endocrine?

A

Has an exocrine and an endocrine part

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3
Q

What is secreted by the exocrine part?

A

Digestive pancreatic juice

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4
Q

What is secreted by the endocrine part?

A

Hormones

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5
Q

What are the 5 parts of the pancreas?

A
  • Uncinate
  • Head
  • Neck
  • Body
  • Tail
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6
Q

How is the pancreas related to the duodenum?

A

Joined to it by the sphincter of oddi

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7
Q

How is the pancreas peritonised?

A

Retroperitoneal

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8
Q

Which vein is formed posterior to the neck of the pancreas?

A

Hepatic portal vein

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9
Q

Which part of the duodenum does the pancreatic duct open into?

A

2nd part

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10
Q

What are the main histological features that allow you to identify the pancreas?

A
  • Islet of langerhans (the lumps of poorly stained cells)
  • Serous acini composed of well stained cells
  • Lobules surrounded by connective tissue
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11
Q

Which abdominal plane crosses the pancreas and what part does it pass through?

A
  • Transpyloric
  • Neck of the pancreas
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