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...
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Pancreatic cancer (redirect from Cancer of the pancreas)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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the pancreas. It is a disease which is congenital and is also known as heterotopic, accessory, or aberrant pancreas. Often, heterotopic pancreas is asymptomatic...
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meaning "hooked". The pancreas arises as two separate bodies, the dorsal pancreas and the ventral pancreas. The dorsal pancreas appears first, at around...
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"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...
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Accessory pancreas is a rare condition in which small groups of pancreatic cells are separate from the pancreas. They may occur in the mesentery of the...
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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...
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2014. "Héctor Arredondo dice no a la quimioterapia; padece cáncer de páncreas" (in Spanish). Vanguardia. October 1, 2014. Archived from the original...
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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...
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Artificial pancreas may refer to any of the various technologies that seek to replicate the endocrine functions of the pancreas: Automated insulin delivery...
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Pancreatic islets (redirect from Endocrine pancreas)
The pancreatic islets or islets of Langerhans are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine (hormone-producing) cells, discovered in 1869...
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St. Pancras (redirect from St Pancreas)
St Pancras, St. Pancras or Saint Pancras may refer to: Pancras of Taormina, legendary (unhistorical) bishop, according to legend martyred in AD 40 in Sicily...
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Let Me Eat Your Pancreas (Japanese: 君の膵臓をたべたい, Hepburn: Kimi no Suizō o Tabetai) is a 2017 Japanese romance drama film starring Minami Hamabe, Takumi Kitamura...
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that could be implanted in the body, functioning like a real pancreas. Note that the pancreas is a complex multi-functional organ, and replacement of properly...
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Cystic lesions of the pancreas are a group of pancreatic lesions characterized by a cystic appearance. They can be benign or malignant.[citation needed]...
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Pancreatitis (category Pancreas disorders)
Pancreatitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a large organ behind the stomach that produces digestive enzymes...
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Digestive enzyme (section Pancreas)
be broken down chemically by digestive enzymes in the mouth, stomach, pancreas, and duodenum, before being able to be absorbed into the bloodstream. Initial...
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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...
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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...
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Head of pancreas Superior Neck of gallbladder Hepatoduodenal ligament (lesser omentum) Inferior Neck of pancreas Greater omentum Head of pancreas The second...
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Pancreatic disease (redirect from Diseases of the pancreas)
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...
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Endocrine system (section Pancreas)
glands, and the (male) testicles and (female) ovaries. The hypothalamus, pancreas, and thymus also function as endocrine glands, among other functions. (The...
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Cystic fibrosis (redirect from Fibrocystic disease of the pancreas)
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...
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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...
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50 types of bacteria; biologist Nicolae Paulescu developed an extract of the pancreas and showed that it lowers blood sugar in diabetic dogs, thus being significant...
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Pearson syndrome (redirect from Pearson marrow pancreas syndrome)
mitochondrial disease characterized by sideroblastic anemia and exocrine pancreas dysfunction. Other clinical features are failure to thrive, pancreatic...
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