Pancreas (21-22)

Question 1

The pancreas lies

Answer 1

Transversely on the posterior abdominal wall between the duodenum and spleen

Question 2

The pancreas has a

Answer 2

head, neck, body and tail

Question 3

It is a __________ gland that serves both exocrine (secreting digestive enzymes into ducts) and endocrine (secreting insulin and glucagon into blood) functions

Answer 3

Digestive gland

Question 4

The main pancreatic duct carries

Answer 4

digestive enzymes from most of the pancreas; it joins the bile duct and opens into the duodenum onto the major duodenal papilla

Question 5

The accessory pancreatic duct (sometimes absent)

Answer 5

drains the superior portion of the head; it empties into the duodenum just superior to the major duodenal papilla