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endocrine function of pancreas?
produces insulin to prevent diabetes
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What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?
Produces pancreatic enzymes that aid in digestion
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What transducer do you use on a pancreas?
2.5-5 mhz curvilinear
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Length of pancreas
12-18 cm
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Neck of pancreas
1.5-2.5 cm
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Body of pancreas?
2-2.5 cm
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Pancreatic glands appear what in children?
larger and thicker
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The spleen is what kind of organ?
intraperitoneal
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What is in the hilum?
vascular structures, and lymphatic, nerves
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The size of the spleen?
12-13 cm
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Causes of spleenomegaly.
- TB, malaria, mononucleosis
- splenic vein thrombosis
- metastases
- lymphoma and leukemia
- gaucher's disease
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What is gaucher's disease?
Storage disease in which fats and proteins are abnormally deposited in the body
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What system is the spleen a part of?
reticuloendothelial
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Where is accessory spleen mainly found at?
hilum
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What is associated with asplenia?
congestive heart disease
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What transducer would you use on a spleen?
3-3.5 mhz curvilineas
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What diseases do the spleen have?
- enlargement
- polycystic spleen
- granulomatosis
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