Pancreas

Question 1

what organ is both endocrine and exocrine?

Answer 1

pancreas

Question 2

what is the exocrine function of the pancreas?

Answer 2

secretion of digestive enzymes

Question 3

what is the endocrine function of the pancreas?

Answer 3

secretion of glucagon and insulin

Question 4

what are the 5 parts of the pancreas?

Answer 4

head, neck, body, tail, uncinate

Question 5

T/F is the pancreas a retroparitoneal organ?

Answer 5

true, except for the tail

Question 6

what runs along side the superior surface of the pancreas?

Answer 6

splenic artery

Question 7

what is the pancreas drained by?

Answer 7

pancreatic duct and the acessory pancreatic duct

Question 8

what is the blood supply to pancreas?

Answer 8

1. ) pancreatic branches of the splenic artery
2. ) superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
3. ) inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

Question 9

what supplies the autonomic and pain fibers to the pancreas?

Answer 9

celiac plexus

Question 10

rupture of the pancreas often results from what?

Answer 10

an auto accident

Question 11

the steering column acts as what?

Answer 11

a hammer

Question 12

what is the anvil?

Answer 12

the vertebral column

Question 13

pain from the head is often referred where?

Answer 13

right of the vertebral column

Question 14

pain from the body and tail of the pancreas is referred where?

Answer 14

the left of the the vertebral column