ABSTRACT
Pancreas is a heterocrine organ (endocrine as well as exocrine function). Greeks were the first to acknowledge pancreas as a distinct organ. It is a J-shaped organ, which comprises head, uncinate process, neck, body and tail. It extends transversely from the C-loop of the duodenum to the splenic hilum and retroperitoneal at the level of the first and second lumbar vertebrae. Uncinate process is a small hook-like projection from the head of pancreas and may be absent in around 10%. It has a dual supply from the branches of both the celiac axis and the superior mesenteric artery. It has both exocrine (pancreatic juice from the acinar cells) and endocrine parts (secrete insulin and glucagon hormone).
