Pancreas is an organ which is J-shaped or retort shaped, set obliquely
Basically an exocrine and endocrine gland
Consists of main duct of wirsung and accessory duct of santorini
Measures about 15-20 long, 2.5-3.8cm board and 1.2-1.8cm thick
Weighs about 90gSituated in the space between subcostal space and transpyloric plane
It consists of uncinate process, head, body, neck and tail
Surface marking:-tail points to the hilum of the spllen
-body is marked as two parallel line abt 3 cm apart
-neck points upwards and to the left
secrets about 1500-3000ml of osmotic alkaline fluid/day
Basal rate is about 0.2-0.3ml/day
It lies in the epigastric and left hypochondrium of the abdomen
Palpated against the spinal process of T12 and against the middle of the vertebrate L1
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