A Comparative Study of Human Pancreas With Other Mammalian Pancreas

Human pancreas is the largest digestive gland in the body. It has both endocrine and exocrine functions. Pancreas secretes hormones insulin and glucagon. Insulin keeps the body in euglycaemic state as the main function of insulin is metabolism carbohydrate. Diabetes is a disease of altered carbohydrate metabolism. At present, pancreatic transplantation is the only therapy that can establish a euglycaemic state. AND OBJECTIVE the importance of pancreatic hormones in human, the present study was carried out where we compared the morphology of human with that of pig and goat in terms of length, breadth and weight. AND METHODS study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh. A total of 90 specimens were in the study and these were obtained from human, pig and goat. The human specimen (30 in number) were collected the Forensic Medicine Department of AMCH after fulfilling the official requirements. The specimen of pig and goat (30 in number) were collected from the local slaughter house after obtaining ethical clearance from the concerned authority. all specimens, the length, breadth and weight was recorded with the help of measuring tape, vernier callipers and electronic machine. AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA showing signs of putrefaction, any cut or crush injury and congenital anomalies were excluded from the study. AND OBSERVATIONS human, the length of the pancreas ranged from 12.11 to 15.09 cm. Maximum breadth of the human pancreas ranged from 4.03 to 5.12 cm and the weight ranged from 79.13 to 102.22 gram. In goat, the length of the pancreas ranged from 12.43 to 13.79 cm, the breadth ranged from 3.03 to 4.93 cm and the weight ranged from 48.43 to 70.03 gram. In pig, the length of pancreas ranged from 12.46 to 15.87 cm. Maximum breadth of pig pancreas ranged from 3.76 to 4.78 cm and the weight from 110.01 to 150.07 gram.