Explore pancreas anatomy, hormone production, and digestive roles using flashcards.
What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?
Secretion of digestive enzymes.
In This Section
1. What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?
2. What is the endocrine function of the pancreas?
3. Where is the pancreas located?
4. What duct carries pancreatic juice to the duodenum?
5. What structure controls the flow of pancreatic juice into the duodenum?
6. What is the meeting point of the bile duct and pancreatic duct called?
7. What cells secrete insulin?
8. What cells secrete glucagon?
9. What hormone lowers blood sugar levels?
10. What hormone raises blood sugar levels?
11. What hormone inhibits insulin and glucagon secretion?
12. What cells produce somatostatin?
13. What cells produce pancreatic polypeptide?
14. What is the function of pancreatic polypeptide?
15. What enzyme digests carbohydrates in the pancreas?
16. What enzyme digests fats in the pancreas?
17. What enzymes digest proteins in the pancreas?
18. What hormone stimulates the pancreas to release bicarbonate?
19. What hormone stimulates the pancreas to release digestive enzymes?
20. What part of the pancreas is adjacent to the duodenum?
21. What part of the pancreas extends toward the spleen?
22. What artery mainly supplies the pancreas?
23. What vein mainly drains the pancreas?
24. What cells form the majority of the pancreas volume?
25. What is secreted by acinar cells?
26. What ion is rich in pancreatic juice?
27. What is pancreatitis?
28. What causes pancreatic juice to become alkaline?
29. What pancreatic condition results from insulin deficiency?
30. What diagnostic imaging is commonly used to visualize the pancreas?