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According to the text, Chronic Pancreatitis is a heterogeneous, progressive disorder of the pancreas characterized by a spectrum of symptoms pain, inflammation, diabetes mellitus, etc.... General Description Chronic Pancreatitis (CP) is a heterogeneous, progressive disorder of the pancreas characterized by a spectrum of symptoms pain, inflammation, diabetes mellitus, and pancreatic damage leading to significant loss of both endocrine and exocrine functions of the pancreas (Witt and associates, 2007; DiMagno & Dimagno, 2006)....
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The neck of the pancreas is a relatively short part that lies anterior to the Superior mesenteric vessels.... Body of the pancreas is a tapered part located posterior to the omental bursa and in close proximity to the aorta at the level of L2 vertebra.... The exocrine part of the pancreas forms about 90% of the total mass.... But most of these endocrine cells are clustered at the tail end of the pancreas.... Physiological function: Pancreas serves two main purposes in our body....
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Intoxications, chronic neurodegenerative diseases, traumas, and metabolic disorders can play role in the origin of muscular spasticity.... This paper ''The Nervous system'' tells us that acetylcholine is synthesized in the neurons from choline and acetyl-CoA by the enzyme choline acetyltransferase....
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the pancreas also secrete digestive enzymes) and are called mixed glands.... The main endocrine glands are the pituitary, the pineal, the thyroid, the parathyroid, the adrenal, the pancreas, the gonads (ovaries and testes), the thymus and the hypothalamus.... This paper "endocrine system: Facts, Functions" discusses the major endocrine glands.... The paper analyses the role of the endocrine system in the control and coordination of the processes of the body....
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Thus it is very hard to detect diseases of the pancreas in the initial stages.... The researcher of the paper "Diagnosis of Chronic Pancreatitis" provides detailed information about the pancreas which is a complex gland having both exocrine and endocrine functions.... The organ has a very important role to play in the digestion of substances in the body but as the pancreas has a retroperitoneal location it does not show the progression of diseases in the initial stages....
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The paper 'Anatomy of the endocrine system' analyzes one of the most important systems of the human body.... The author states that the endocrine system is basically regulated by the 'feedback' mechanism.... ny malfunctioning in this whole system results either in an increased or a decreased release of the hormones in the body, thereby producing a different kind of diseases accordingly.... When the required level of the hormone is reached in the blood, the endocrine gland is informed by this feedback mechanism to stop secreting any further hormone....
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Digested food is then transferred to the small intestine that breaks down food using enzymes secreted by the liver and pancreas.... This term paper "The Anatomy of Human Digestive system" focuses on the process wherein food is mechanically and chemically breaks down into smaller pieces small enough to be utilized and absorb by the body.... The human digestive system begins with the mouth....
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The author outlines a review of anatomical location and orientation of the pancreas, different types of cancer, and treatment.... review of anatomical location and orientation of the pancreas is crucial to diagnose an abdominal mass to be pancreatic in origin.... the pancreas is an elongated retroperitoneal organ located transversely across the posterior abdominal wall.... the pancreas can be divided into four parts that include head, neck, body, and tail....
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