pancreas.
1. m. Anat. Gland of vertebrates, which most of them is compact or lobed, is located adjacent to the small intestine and has one or several excretory ducts that empty into the duodenum. It consists of an exocrine part, which produces a juice that poured into the intestine and contributes to digestion because it contains various enzymes, and other endocrine, that produces a hormone, insulin, whose function is to prevent to pass some limit the amount of glucose in the blood.
