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pancreas

Identification
Official Latin term pancreas
Official subsidiary term pancréas
Unit identifier TAH:U2746
Unit type single
Materiality material
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Link to the unit pancreas
Links of entity generic: pancreas
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External links TA98 FMA PubMed AnatoNomina
Partonomic links Level 2: pancreas
Taxonomic links Level 1: organum Short Extended
Taxonomic links Level 2: organum lobulare
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Taxonomic definition
Encyclopedic definition a large, elongated, racemose gland situated transversely behind the stomach, between the spleen and the duodenum. Its right extremity, the head, is larger and directed downward; the left extremity, or tail, is transverse and terminates close to the spleen. It is subdivided into lobules by septa that extend into the gland from the thin, areolar tissue that forms an indefinite capsule. The endocrine part (endocrine pancreas) consists of the islets of Langerhans, which contain beta cells that produce insulin, alpha cells that produce glucagon, and delta cells that produce somatostatin; all three of these hormones are secreted directly into the bloodstream. Some islets contain PP cells that secrete pancreatic polypeptide. The exocrine part (exocrine pancreas) consists of pancreatic acini, secretory units that produce and secrete into the duodenum pancreatic juice, which contains enzymes essential to protein digestion.
Partonomy
TAH:E10200
corpus humanum top
TAH:U2275
systema digestorium SOS
TAH:U2746 pancreas SOS
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Taxonomy
Date: 20.11.2025