Pancreas
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Pancreas of a chicken (HE): overview
The pancreas of birds is composed of three lobes, a dorsal, a ventral and a splenic lobe. It consists of an exocrine and an endocrine part. The islets of Langerhans of the endocrine pancreas are more numerous in the splenic lobe.
For a general description of the avian pancreas and detail of the exocrine part: see digestive tract.