Add To Favorites To get your pancreas healthy, focus on foods that are rich in protein, low in animal fats, and contain antioxidants. Try lean meats, beans and lentils, clear soups, and dairy alternatives (such as flax milk and almond milk). Your pancreas won’t have to work as hard to process these. Add To Favorites
Add To Favorites Glucagon is a hormone that your pancreas makes to help regulate your blood glucose (sugar) levels. Glucagon increases your blood sugar level and prevents it from dropping too low, whereas insulin, another hormone, decreases blood sugar levels. Add To Favorites
Add To Favorites The greater pancreatic artery was defined as a branch of the splenic artery that arises approximately two-thirds of the way along the splenic artery and descends along the posterior margin of the pancreas or within the substance of the pancreas itself, following the pancreatic duct. Add To Favorites
Add To Favorites The pancreas has three main sections: Head: area of pancreas to right of left border of superior mesenteric vein. Body: area of pancreas between left border of superior mesenteric vein and left border of aorta. Tail: area of pancreas between left border of aorta and hilum of spleen. Add To Favorites
Add To Favorites The splenic artery The splenic artery is one of the three branches of the celiac trunk, which supplies the spleen as well as large parts of the stomach and pancreas. Add To Favorites
Add To Favorites The liver The liver has dual blood supplies: the portal vein and the hepatic artery. Add To Favorites
Add To Favorites Pancreatic veins are responsible for draining deoxygenated blood from the pancreas. The anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal vein empties into the superior mesenteric vein, while the posterior variant empties into the hepatic portal vein. Add To Favorites
Add To Favorites Four veins ensure duodeno-pancreatic drainage: the superior anterior, inferior anterior, superior posterior and inferior posterior pancreatico-duodenal vv. (SAPD, IAPD, SPPD and IPPD). Add To Favorites
