Where is the pancreas and what does it do?

Below stomach: The pancreas is just below and beneath the stomach, it produces digestive enzymes and insulin.

Digestion & hormones: The pancreas sits behind the stomach in what is call the retroperitoneum. It is involved in secreting enzymes used to digest starches and fats. It also is an exocrine gland producing hormones such as Insulin which regulates blood sugar.

Pancreas: It is in the retro peritoneum in the upper abdomen behind the stomach. It makes hormones such as Insulin glucagon and somatostatin. It also participates in digestion by making enzymes that drain into the duodenum.

Abdominal organ: Abdominal organ in the back of the belly. It is digestive organ: it secretes enzymes into the small bowel which break down food and help its absorption. It is also an endocrine organ: it produces hormones involved in sugar control and control of digestion. Insulin is one of these hormones. Diabetics either lack Insulin (type 1 diabetes) or have inadequate Insulin function (type 2).

Gland: Pancreas is a gland in the abdomen, associated with the first part of small intestine. It has two parts, one makes digestive enzymes and the other makes hormones including insulin.

Complex organ: Meaty organ that sits behind the stomach. Makes digestive enzymes released into gut and and hormones like insulin.Released into blood stream. Important organ.

Glucose+digestion.: The islets of langerhans in the pancreas contain its endocrine cells that produce hormones that help control blood glucose levels: Alpha cells - glucagon, beta cells - Insulin and amylin, delta cells - somatostatin, pp cells - pancreatic polypeptide, epsilon cells -ghrelin. The exocrine cells make digestive enzymes, like trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen, to break down lipids and carbohydrates.