Anatomy of the Pancreas

What is the approximate length of the pancreas?

Which of the following is NOT a hormone secreted by the pancreas?

What percentage of the pancreatic function is attributed to the production of pancreatic juices?

How many primary ducts extend through the pancreas?

What is the name of the duct that often fuses with the bile duct before draining into the duodenum?

What percentage of the pancreas is formed by the pancreatic acini?

What is the name of the region of the pancreas that points towards the spleen?

What is the name of the curve of the duodenum where the head of the pancreas is nestled?

What is the function of the islets of Langerhans?

What is the approximate percentage of the pancreas that is formed by the islets of Langerhans?

What is the primary function of sodium bicarbonate in pancreatic juices?

What is the purpose of the trypsin inhibitor secreted by the pancreas?

What is the function of gastric inhibitory peptide?

What is the role of enterokinase in the activation of pancreatic proteases?

What is the primary function of pancreatic amylase?

What is the effect of secretin on the pancreas?

What is the purpose of the precursor molecules in pancreatic juices?

What is the effect of CCK on the pancreas?

What is the primary function of pancreatic lipase?

What is the role of the duodenum in regulating pancreatic secretions?