The pancreas is a long, slender organ, most of which is located posterior to the bottom half of the stomach (Figure 1791)Although it is primarily an exocrine gland, secreting a variety of digestive enzymes, the pancreas also has endocrine cells Its pancreatic islets—clusters of cells formerly known as the islets of Langerhans—secrete the hormones glucagon, insulin, somatostatin, andEndocrine Pancreas histology View Related Images Description This image shows a section through the pancreas Using your mouse, select a histological structure in this section to learn more about it Once the structure is selected you can go to the related images to see if there are more views of the selected structure Intraductal neoplasia Pancreas Digestive and Liver Disease 43S (11) S2â€"S292 Carcinoma of the exocrine pancreas The histology report Carlo Capella a, *, Luca Albarello b , Paola Capelli c , Fausta Sessa d , Giuseppe Zamboni e On behalf of the “Gruppo Italiano Patologi Apparato Digerente ...