The pancreas 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...

Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass. These cancerous...

Look up pancreas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Pancreas is an organ of animal bodies. Pancreas may also refer to: Pancreas divisum Exocrine pancreas...

The pancreatic islets or islets of Langerhans are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine (hormone-producing) cells, discovered in 1869...

meaning "hooked". The pancreas arises as two separate bodies, the dorsal pancreas and the ventral pancreas. The dorsal pancreas appears first, at around...

2014. "Héctor Arredondo dice no a la quimioterapia; padece cáncer de páncreas" (in Spanish). Vanguardia. October 1, 2014. Archived from the original...

is a rare genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine. The hallmark feature of CF is the accumulation...

A pancreas transplant is an organ transplant that involves implanting a healthy pancreas (one that can produce insulin) into a person who usually has diabetes...

Pancreatitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a large organ behind the stomach that produces digestive enzymes...

"Pancreas" is a song by American musician Weird Al Yankovic from his 2006 album Straight Outta Lynwood. It is a pastiche of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds...

Pancreas divisum is a congenital anomaly in the anatomy of the ducts of the pancreas in which a single pancreatic duct is not formed, but rather remains...

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Japanese: 君の膵臓をたべたい, Hepburn: Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai) is a 2018 Japanese animated coming-of-age drama film based on the light...

the pancreas. It is a disease which is congenital and is also known as heterotopic, accessory, or aberrant pancreas. Often, heterotopic pancreas is asymptomatic...

St Pancras, St. Pancras or Saint Pancras may refer to: Pancras of Taormina, legendary bishop, according to legend martyred in AD 40 in Sicily Pancras of...

Amherst Boston Dartmouth Lowell Chan Medical School School of Law The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system in the Commonwealth...

characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or the cells of the body becoming...

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (Japanese: 君の膵臓をたべたい, Hepburn: Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai), also known as Let Me Eat Your Pancreas, is a novel by the Japanese...

Annular pancreas is a rare condition in which the second part of the duodenum is surrounded by a ring of pancreatic tissue continuous with the head of...

diseases that affect the pancreas, an organ in most vertebrates and in humans and other mammals located in the abdomen. The pancreas plays a role in the digestive...

most often performed to remove cancerous tumours from the head of the pancreas. It is also used for the treatment of pancreatic or duodenal trauma, or...

Beckingham IJ, Ryder SD (January 2001). "ABC of diseases of liver, pancreas, and biliary system. Investigation of liver and biliary disease". BMJ....

glands, and the (male) testis and (female) ovaries. The hypothalamus, pancreas, and thymus also function as endocrine glands, among other functions. (The...

mitochondrial disease characterized by sideroblastic anemia and exocrine pancreas dysfunction. Other clinical features are failure to thrive, pancreatic...

Retrieved 2013-03-22. "Muere el actor Héctor Arredondo por cáncer de páncreas". 17 November 2014. Empieza Carla con el pie derecho Telemundo's Rosa Diamante...

pancreatic head and uncinate process. In pancreas divisum the ducts of the pancreas are not fused to form a full pancreas, but instead it remains as a distinct...

Designación del Hospital Universitario de Canarias como centro de referencia a nivel nacional para el trasplante de páncreas Official website v t e v t e...

works predominantly by increasing the amount of insulin released from the pancreas. It is classified as a second-generation sulfonylurea. Glimepiride was...

processing food with salivary glands, esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, intestines, colon, mesentery, rectum and anus. Endocrine system: communication...

arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous system within the pancreas. PanNETs are a type of neuroendocrine tumor, representing about one-third...

rectum; and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas. The oral cavity is part of the gastrointestinal system and as such the...