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n. A long, irregularly shaped gland in vertebrates, lying behind the stomach, that secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin into the bloodstream.

n. The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

n. A lobulated racemose gland, situated in the abdomen near the stomach, extending transversely from the region of the liver to that of the spleen, often inclosed in a loop of the duodenum, and pouring its secretion, pancreatic juice, into the duodenum by one or several ducts.

n. See the quotation.

n. a large elongated exocrine gland located behind the stomach; secretes pancreatic juice and insulin

"In this form of HI, only a small, focal area of the pancreas is affected."

exocrine    duct gland    exocrine gland   

accessory pancreas    ventral pancreas    pancreas aselli   

gutbread    stomach sweetbread   

mesentery    colon    omentum    spleen    kidney    duodenum    intestine    ileum    gall-bladder    gland