{"id":8678,"date":"2019-05-22T16:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/pancreas\/"},"modified":"2019-05-22T16:10:20","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T16:10:20","slug":"pancreas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/pancreas\/","title":{"rendered":"Pancreas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A glandular organ associated with the digestive system that secretes digestive enzymes in the small intestine as well as a &nbsp;number of hormones including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/insulin\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/insulin&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">insulin<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/glucagon\" class=\"cc-route-enabled\" target=\"_self\" data-editable-link=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/glucagon&amp;target=_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">glucagon<\/a> that are secreted into the bloodstream. &nbsp;It is thus part of the digestive and endocrine systems in vertebrates. &nbsp;The pancreas is formed from the entoderm initially as a dorsal and ventral bud that then fuse together to form a single organ. &nbsp;Both insulin and glucagon are already evident in the fetal blood stream by four to five months after conception. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"entoderm_-or_endoderm-\">Entoderm (or endoderm)<\/a>, <a href=\"enzyme\">Enzyme<\/a>, <a href=\"hormones\">Hormones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A glandular organ associated with the digestive system that secretes digestive enzymes in the small intestine as well as a &nbsp;number of hormones including insulin and glucagon that are secreted into the bloodstream. &nbsp;It is thus part of the digestive and endocrine systems in vertebrates. &nbsp;The pancreas is formed from the entoderm initially as a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/pancreas\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pancreas&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2],"class_list":["post-8678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-glossary","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/fas\/psych\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}