pancreas
Description
The long, tapered organ behind the stomach that makes digestive juices and passes them
into the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) through the pancreatic duct.
It also makes hormones (such as
Pancreatic means referring to or having to do with the pancreas, as in pancreatic cancer.
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