Pancreas n. : The sweetbread, a gland connected with the intestine of nearly all vertebrates. It is usually elongated and light-colored, and its secretion, called the pancreatic juice, is discharged, often together with the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Example:
How does the Pancreas know when to release insulin?

Taxonomy
pancreas, cells, exocrine pancreas, digestive enzymes, ducts, secretion, hormones, endocrine pancreas, islets, pancreatic, endocrine, ventral lobe, pancreatic duct, free encyclopedia, duodenum, buds, clusters, functions of the pancreas.

Defination from the web:
pancreas. 12: Duodenum. Gray's. subject #251 1199. Artery. inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, superior pancreaticoduodenal artery, splenic artery ... Hormone production and secretion (endocrine pancreas) Pancreatic acini. Darker staining, small, berry-like clusters ...