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No, the pancreas is not located behind the liver. It is more accurately located behind the stomach in the upper left quadrant of the body.

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What body cavity is the-pancreas-in?

The pancreas is located in the abdominal cavity, behind the stomach. It is situated in close proximity to the small intestine, liver, and gallbladder.


Where is the pancreas located in our body?

It is located behind the stomach, below the liver and gall bladder, to the left of the spleen and above the intestines.


Is the stomach lateral to the pancreas?

More or less, but more accurately posterior of the stomach.The pancreas is oriented in the same general direction and located just behind the stomach, and both are below the liver.


What is the size and the location of the pancreas liver and gallbladder?

The pancreas is a glandular organ located behind the stomach, measuring about 6 to 8 inches long. The liver, the largest internal organ, is situated in the upper right abdomen and weighs around 3 pounds. The gallbladder, a small pouch that stores bile, is located beneath the liver. Together, these organs play crucial roles in digestion and metabolism.


Which gland is located behind the stomach?

Pancreas (actually located behind the stomach)


Which is the biggest the pancreas or the liver?

The liver is bigger than the pancreas.


What are the four accessory organs of digestion?

salivary gland, liver, gallbladder, pancreas


Does the liver store insulin?

As noted in the expert answer - the pancreas, not the liver, manufactures insulin. The pancreas sits in a space in the abdominal cavity near the liver. It is behind the stomach and a bit below the liver. The pancreatic duct from the pancreas joins up with the bile duct from the liver and gall bladder where the two ducts enter the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine that connects to the stomach) through the major duodenal papilla.


The organ located behind the stomach that helps digest all types of food and secretes insulin for carbohydrate metabolism is the?

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What body part store bile?

The gall bladder located under the liver attached to the pancreas.


Where is cow pancreas located at inside cow?

Near the liver and the stomach, just like in humans.


Where are the kidneys and pancreas are located?

Behind your stomach. is located close to the stomach in the abdominal cavity