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somatostatin and
pancreatic polypeptide. As a part of the
digestive system, it
functions as an
exocrine gland secreting pancreatic juice into the duodenum...
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types of
pancreatic cancer are known. The most common,
pancreatic adenocarcinoma,
accounts for
about 90% of cases, and the term "
pancreatic cancer" is...
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pancreatitis are a
gallstone blocking the
common bile duct
after the
pancreatic duct has joined; and
heavy alcohol use.
Other causes include direct trauma...
- The
pancreatic islets or
islets of
Langerhans are the
regions of the
pancreas that
contain its
endocrine (hormone-producing) cells,
discovered in 1869...
- The
pancreatic duct or duct of
Wirsung (also, the
major pancreatic duct due to the
existence of an
accessory pancreatic duct) is a duct
joining the pancreas...
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Pancreatic juice is a
liquid secreted by the pancreas,
which contains a
number of
digestive enzymes,
including trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, elastase...
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dorsal pancreatic bud
gives rise to the
accessory pancreatic duct,
while the
distal portion of the
dorsal pancreatic bud and
ventral pancreatic bud give...
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certain pancreatic problems.
These pancreatic problems may be due to
cystic fibrosis,
surgical removal of the pancreas, long term pancreatitis,
pancreatic cancer...
- and also to
secrete digestive/exocrinic
pancreatic juice,
which is
secreted eventually via the
pancreatic duct into the duodenum.
Digestive or exocrine...
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Pancreatic polypeptide (PP) is a
polypeptide secreted by PP
cells in the
endocrine pancreas. It
regulates pancreatic secretion activities, and also impacts...
