what vessels supply the pancreas?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreas
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Two veins which carry oxygenated blood from the mother to the baby and one artery which carries the deoxygenated blood away from the baby.  In between these vessels is Wharton's jelly which keeps the vessels from collapsing
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The heart pumps blood to all parts of the body. The heart is made of tissue and is supplied with oxygen-rich blood and nutrients. Although the chambers of the heart are full of blood, the heart tissue itself is fed from a network of blood vessels traveling on their surface. These are called the coronary arteries.\n\nThere are three major coronary arteries. They are:\nleft anterior descending \ncircumflex \nright coronary artery
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The beta cells in the pancreas produce insulin continuously, and in non-diabetics, there is always some insulin on hand in each cell. When blood glucose increases, non-diabetics (and some diabetics as well) this causes release of the already procuded insulin into the blood. \n\nThe actual amount stored in all the beta cells together is very small. Insulin, in non type 2 diabetics, is effective in very small quantities (micrograms is typical). So there will not be as much as a small drop ever on hand in all the beta cells together even when the most insulin has been stored. This is not very much like the gall bladder which does store gall (from the liver), or any of several other secretory organs.
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Funny you ask that, can you get your hands on a pancreas? Exactly, thats why they don't offer them to cure diabetes, they would rather you live with it shooting up day in and day out. They offer them when they are going in for other reasons like kidneys and such but they are time and money consuming. To get a transplant is very expensive and time consuming also a little dangerous. They need you to shut down your immune system for six months to a year and then do the transplant and they you have a greater chance of rejecting the pancreas because of the diabetes also the ability to heal is slowed so its not likely that your doctor will do that for you if you want to live almost needle free get a pump and try that out your diabetes will be much better after pump therapy.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_vessel
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This is a good question, but let's define "important" as "necessary for organismal survival".  In this case, both are EQUALLY important.  The endocrine function of the pancreas is to secrete insulin and glucagon which help to lower and raise the blood sugar levels, respectively.  Blood sugar level homeostasis is necessary for human survival.  On the other hand, the exocrine pancreas secretes trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, carboxypeptidase, pancreatic lipase, pancreatic amylase, and other substances which aid in the digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.  Obviously, this is a function which is also necessary to human survival.  You simply can not live with only one of these pancreatic functions operational and so it appears that neither function takes precedence over the other.  Again, very thoughtful and insightful question!
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firstly, insulin is not produced in fixed quantities. and it is NOT regulated by pituitary gland. insulin is secreted by the beta cells of the pancreas and this is done by direct stimulation of glucose in blood. if the pancreas have normal functioning beta cells, there will not be excess insulin production.
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In your neck.  They are the arteries going from the heart to the brain and back again. These are the main arteries in the neck that supply blood to the brain. Carotid is how it is correctly spelled.
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--check out a map of the pancreas.
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Well, your better off taking the insulin for now because the surgeries are expensive as hell and time consuming. They have isilets of langerhan transplants and pancreas transplants, they have insulin pump transplants and insulin pump therapy. All but the insulin pump therapy requires you to take drugs 6 months in advance to shut down your immune system to ready yourself for a transplant and then you have a 60% chance of rejection if your lucky enough to get a pancreas to begin with so if your ready emotionally, physically, and finacially to go through with it good luck, like i said just get a bottle of insulin and some syringes and tough it out.
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its the islet cell adenoma...\nif u have a tumour (dont worry its just those cell which proliferate ie divide at higher rate)in the islets cell in the pancreas , u might get insulinoma ie these islets cell particularly beta cell , relaese the insulin, which causes,as all knows lowers blood glucose level .so as there is more no of cells (Beta cells) , more amount of insulin is secreted and can cause hypoglycemic state , siezures,dizziness and other symptoms...\n\n\nrefer :http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000387.htm\n\n\nrefer2:http://www.ferretnews.org/insulinoma.html\n\n\nhope this answer is useful to u . let me know if it does .
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After you eat, the food is broken down into glucose, the simple sugar that is the main source of energy for the body's cells. But your cells cannot use glucose without insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. Insulin helps the cells take in glucose and convert it to energy. When the pancreas does not make enough insulin or the body is unable to use the insulin that is present, the cells cannot use glucose. Excess glucose builds up in the bloodstream, setting the stage for diabetes.
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the beta cells are the endocrine part of pancreas...an organ which lies somewhere near the stomach and little bit below the liver. the other secretion is glucagon.these two secretions help the body maintain the blood sugar levels within the desirable range.
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Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a large gland behind the stomach and close to the duodenum. The duodenum is the upper part of the small intestine. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes into the small intestine through a tube called the pancreatic duct. These enzymes help digest fats, proteins, and carbohydrates in food. The pancreas also releases the hormones insulin and glucagon into the bloodstream. These hormones help the body use the glucose it takes from food for energy.\n\nNormally, digestive enzymes do not become active until they reach the small intestine, where they begin digesting food. But if these enzymes become active inside the pancreas, they start "digesting" the pancreas itself.\n\n   \nAcute pancreatitis occurs suddenly and lasts for a short period of time and usually resolves. Chronic pancreatitis does not resolve itself and results in a slow destruction of the pancreas. Either form can cause serious complications. In severe cases, bleeding, tissue damage, and infection may occur. Pseudocysts, accumulations of fluid and tissue debris, may also develop. And enzymes and toxins may enter the bloodstream, injuring the heart, lungs, and kidneys, or other organs.\n\nIf injury to the pancreas continues, chronic pancreatitis may develop. Chronic pancreatitis occurs when digestive enzymes attack and destroy the pancreas and nearby tissues, causing scarring and pain. The usual cause of chronic pancreatitis is many years of alcohol abuse, but the chronic form may also be triggered by only one acute attack, especially if the pancreatic ducts are damaged. The damaged ducts cause the pancreas to become inflamed, tissue to be destroyed, and scar tissue to develop.\n\nWhile common, alcoholism is not the only cause of chronic pancreatitis. The main causes of chronic pancreatitis are\n\nalcoholism \nblocked or narrowed pancreatic duct because of trauma or pseudocysts have formed \nheredity \nunknown cause (idiopathic) \nDamage from alcohol abuse may not appear for many years, and then a person may have a sudden attack of pancreatitis. In up to 70 percent of adult patients, chronic pancreatitis appears to be caused by alcoholism. This form is more common in men than in women and often develops between the ages of 30 and 40.\n\n\nAlthough one of the primary risk factors for pancreatitis is long-term alcohol abuse, only a small percentage of people with alcoholism develop the disease. For that reason, researchers believe that more than one factor may be involved in pancreatitis, including:\n\nGallbladder disease. Gallstones that lodge in the lower portion of the bile duct can block the pancreatic duct, causing digestive juices to back into the pancreas, where they destroy healthy tissue. \nEthnicity. Black Americans are more likely to develop pancreatitis than white Americans are. \nYour sex. Pancreatitis occurs more frequently in men, possibly because men are more likely to abuse alcohol than women are. \nCigarettes and other toxins. Some researchers theorize that the stress of metabolizing drugs, tobacco and even pollution may damage your pancreas. \nGenetic mutations. Abnormalities in one or more genes may predispose some people to pancreatitis. \nOther medical conditions. Certain inherited diseases, particularly cystic fibrosis, increase your risk of pancreatitis.
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Ferrets have the largest pancreas of any animal relative to their size.
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Pancreas creates insulin and glucagon.\n\nInsulin helps the body use up excess sugar in the bloodstream.\nGlucagon helps the body release sugar back into the bloodstream.