pancreas

Summary

pancreas is an organ type^[1]. pancreas ranks in the top 8% of organ_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,123 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• pancreas's instance of is recorded as organ type^[3].
• pancreas's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity^[4].
• pancreas is a type of lobular organ^[5].
• pancreas is a type of particular anatomical entity^[6].
• pancreas is a type of glandular organ^[7].
• pancreas's Commons category is recorded as Pancreas^[8].
• pancreas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pancreas^[9].
• pancreas's anatomical location is recorded as abdominal cavity^[10].
• pancreas's Commons gallery is recorded as Pancreas^[11].
• pancreas's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)^[12].
• pancreas's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• pancreas's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• pancreas's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[15].
• pancreas's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C12393^[16].
• pancreas's arterial supply is recorded as inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery^[17].
• pancreas's lymphatic drainage is recorded as splenic lymph nodes^[18].
• pancreas's lymphatic drainage is recorded as Celiac lymph nodes^[19].
• pancreas's lymphatic drainage is recorded as Superior mesenteric lymph nodes^[20].
• pancreas's venous drainage is recorded as pancreaticoduodenal veins^[21].
• pancreas's innervated by is recorded as pancreatic plexus^[22].
• pancreas's innervated by is recorded as celiac ganglia^[23].
• pancreas's innervated by is recorded as vagus nerve^[24].
• pancreas's development of anatomical structure is recorded as pancreas development^[25].
• pancreas's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include organ type^[3] and class of anatomical entity^[4]. Recorded subclass of include lobular organ^[5], particular anatomical entity^[6], and glandular organ^[7].

Why It Matters

pancreas ranks in the top 8% of organ_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,123 views/month).^[2] pancreas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] pancreas is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]