Pancreas
An awesome organ
Pancreas
The pancreas is a glandular organ above your intestine. It dumps several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and a lot more into your small instestine to help you digest food. Without it you would die!
The Pancreas
This shows where the Pancreas is located in the body.
Pancreatic cancer
This is what your Pancreas looks like when you have Pancreatic Cancer.
A healthy Pancreas
This is what a healthy Pancreas looks like.
How to keep your Pancreas healthy
-Do not smoke
-Do not drink high sugar beverages very often
-have a healthy diet
-diabetes can lead to pancreatic cancer
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Pancreas
Interesting facts about the Pancreas
-The Pancreas can be transplanted
-It is about 6.5 inches long
-Diabetics produce lttle or no insulin in the Pancreas. They control their blood glucose by injecting insulin, without it they might not survive.