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6. Sympathetic stimulation of the a2 receptors cause what?

  • Increased somatostatin secretion and decreased glucagon secretion
  • Increased insulin secretion and decreased glucagon secretion
  • Decreased insulin and increased glucagon secretion
  • Increased pancreatic polypeptide secretion and decreased insulin secretion

7. Which of these statements is true?

  • The body of the pancreas passes anteriorly to the pylorus
  • The great pancreatic artery passes anteriorly to the pancreas
  • The neck of the pancreas passes anteriorly to the inferior mesenteric artery and vein
  • The splenic artery supplies the head of the pancreas

8. Pancreatic cancer is usually

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Soft tissue sarcoma
  • Squamous cell
  • Basal cell