Boat Anchor or Permanent Mooring Anchor. You can use Anchor Buddy with your boat anchor or with a permanent mooring anchor and buoy system, where you attach Anchor Buddy to the buoy, which is attached to your permanent mooring. As you head ashore with your boat, the anchor line stretches, (from 14â² â 50â²) while your anchor stays set.
Pancreas divisum is the most common birth defect of the pancreas. In many cases, this defect goes undetected and causes no problems. The cause of the defect is unknown. As a baby develops in the womb, two separate pieces of tissue join together to form the pancreas. Each part has a tube, called a duct.
/panÂ·creÂ·as/ (panÂ´kre-as) pl. pancreÂ´ata [Gr.] a large, elongated, racemose gland lying transversely behind the stomach, between the spleen and duodenum. Its external secretion contains digestive enzymes. One internal secretion, insulin, is produced by the beta cells, and another, glucagon, is produced by the alpha cells. The alpha, beta, and delta cells form aggregates, called islands of Langerhans. endocrine pancreas that part of the pancreas that acts as an endocrine gland, consisting of the islets of Langerhans, which secrete insulin and other hormones.