Talk:Pancreas/Archive 1

Jargon
There is a lot of jargon in this article. It would be nice to have small descriptions in parenthesize such as was done under the Endocrine subtitle with the hormones it releases.

Looking for transplant / removal / supplementation information
Someone, I'd please like to see the following information in ALL articles about mammalian organs :

1. If the organ fails or is removed, what happens to the patient (i.e. death within minutes for the heart, maybe a week for the kidneys, give me a rough idea of what will happen and when.)

2. Can we transplant this organ with current medical technology ?? What is the history of transplant research ? If we cannot transplant the organ, can we subsume its function by injections or other human-assisted methods?

-- SystemBuilder 21:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Error in the history section
The history section reads: men are the only ones that have a pancreas
 * The pancreas was discovered by Herophilus (335-280 BC), a Greek anatomist and surgeon. Only a few hundred years before, Ruche

s, another Greek anatomist, gave the pancreas its name.

I have difficulty accepting that the pancreas was named "a few hundred years before" it was discovered. I don't know how to correctly correct the passage, though.

--Suttkus 04:22, 6 July 2006 (UTC) the word also has another connection to greece on of the greek gods had two daughters one called hygenia and the other named panecia. notice any similarities? panecia-pancreas hygenia-hygiene. and you may be wondering how i know this, from my gsce history teacher being taught gcse history medicine put the goddesses names down and instantly your grades are boosted i got a B —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.2.230.165 (talk) 20:10, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

acinar cell not only in pancreas
Someone please research this but I believe acinar cells are also found in other areas besides the pancreas.

For example. In my microanatomy / histology book, i am looking at a slide of acinar cells from the urethral gland of a mouse...

I'm assuming that gland secretes mucus for semen.

Please make sure that when you type in acinar cell - you do not automatically get routed to the pancreas.

--Tkjazzer 23:28, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Weird Al Yankovic
A reference to Weird Al's song of the same name doesn't fit in this article. There have most likely been hundreds of pop culture references to the pancreas that have no business being in a scholarly article on a major organ. Forteblast 20:32, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

-I don't think the "references in pop culture" belongs in this article. I don't see any section like this in the small intestine or the kidney article.

I agree. So who is going to remove it? Mbbradford 19:36, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

There are other articles which have pop culture references, such as Flowers for Algernon. I know it is completely different, but popular conception of the pancreas is part of its history, and should be in this article. VashiDonsk 02:48, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

The Islets of Langerhans article references the same song. It might as well be here too. --Ctrl-Alt-Elite 03:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I suggest that someone who actually paid attention in their Biology classes listen to the song... If all the "facts" in the lyrics are true and accurate, I'd like to see a section about the Weird Al song. How many other songs are there wholly about a single organ? Emyr42 19:54, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, all the biological information on the song is completely accurate. There's a bridge that contains a small error, but it's about phisics. I say the song should be included in the article. Mike

I came here specifically because of the Weird Al song. It should be referenced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.68.30.106 (talk) 14:33, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Edibility
Am I the only one who thinks that this scientific article is inherantly about human anatomy? In other words, the edibility part has a Dr. Hannibal Lector thing going on. Let's remove it, or at least rewrite it as the history of the term (and please, no sweatbreads ...) Mbbradford 19:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Here is the section I removed today, in case someone feels strongly that it should be put back mbbradfor d 20:15, 5 December 2006 (UTC):


 * ==Edibility==
 * Pancreas comes from the Greek pankreas (a combination of pan and kreas) which means 'all meat'. Kreas in Homeric literature meant edible animal flesh.  An example of one such food that can be made from the pancreas of a calf, lamb or pig is sweetbread.

Function
Great article. Too bad it doesn't actually mention anywhere what the PANCREAS DOES.

Anatomy
I'm somehow very surprised that an article rated "B-class" that has been rated as "important" in the category:Anatomy, does not contain a section on anatomy. No mention has been made of the anatomy&mdash;the organ has a head, a body and a tail, blood supply or lymphatic supply. My grievance isn't with those who edited this article, but then it should have been graded as "start" class.

I'm sorry if I sounded overtly critical, but that's the frank opinion, and may be I might myself try to make some improvements.

I just wantted to bumpp in here, because it is cool ya know? So homedawgg, im out PEACE:P  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.90.23.98 (talk) 00:09, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Regards.

 —Ketan Panchal t aL K   10:16, 17 June 2008 (UTC)


 * You are absolutely correct. The very first section of this article should have at least a few sentences describing the anatomy. If I have some time later, I'll try to put a blurb and picture down. M0rt (talk) 03:46, 27 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Added a complete section on the anatomy of the pancreas. It just require additional images. Essam Sharaf (talk) 08:36, 30 May 2010 (UTC)


 * ) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.61.128.39 (talk) 00:38, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

request new section: arterial supply
since there is collateral circulation of the head the pancreas with celiac and SMA, I think we could get more in to the anatomy and clincial relationships of the blood supply. I think the blood supply deserves its own section. More is needed than just the template under the picture. It needs to be explained in prose what each artery does in relationship to the pancreas. and the branches from the main arteries should all be in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.151.242.18 (talk) 21:31, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Protected?!
Why is this article locked?! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.50.175 (talk) 17:04, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Receptor-types
The table in this article that references the adrenergic receptor types in the alpha and beta cells of the islet of Langerhans needs to be updated. While both the alpha and beta cells are known to have alpha-2-adrenergic receptors (and they decrease insulin secretion from beta cells), it is actually beta-adrenergic receptors that increase glucagon secretion from the alpha cells. Alpha-2 and beta receptors respond to the same hormone (norepinephrine) but act through different mechanisms within the cells to produce different results.

74.195.241.185 (talk) 03:59, 26 April 2009 (UTC)Kyle

Protection
There is a lot of vandalism taking place in this article. I think this article needs semi-protection. -- NerdyScienceDude :)  (click here to talk to me) 00:19, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've noticed the persistent vandalism as well, however, it's not altogether frequent - on average two days or so. You can request semi if you are so inclined though.  Wisdom89  ( T |undefined /  C ) 21:49, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to edit
It has been proposed that Pancreas be part of the trial of a new template; see the green strip at the top of Pain where it has been in place for a couple of months. The purpose of this project is to encourage readers to edit, while equipping them with the basic tools. If you perceive a problem with this, or have any suggestions for improvement, please discuss at the project talk page. --Anthonyhcole (talk) 10:05, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Ghrelin production
The Ghrelin article says that ghrelin is produced by the stomach and by "epsilon cells of the pancreas": these cells and the production of that hormone should be mentioned here, I'd think. Whiterabbit fr31 (talk) 21:54, 10 January 2012 (UTC)