It has five main parts – the tail, body, neck, head and uncinate process. The pancreas is made up of glandular tissue and a system of ducts. The main duct is the pancreatic duct which runs the length ...

In addition, cancers in this location can spread to the lymph nodes in the hilum of the spleen. For these reasons, it is frequently best to remove the spleen along with the tail of the pancreas. The ...

The duct cells line the pancreatic duct and are responsible for fluid secretion. They are also important in protecting the pancreas from recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis by quickly ...