By Susan Chow, PhD, ELS. The pancreas is an organ that sits in the abdominal cavity behind the stomach and plays a role in both the digestive and endocrine system. In the endocrine system, it is responsible for producing several hormones, such as insulin, glucagon, somatostatin and pancreatic polypeptide. Additionally, its exocrine function involves the secretion of digestive enzymes that aid the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the small intestine. Head of pancreas.
The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Upper back muscle strain includes the 8 symptoms listed below: 1  Muscle pain. 2  Muscle tenderness. 3  Muscle swelling.  Muscle 1  stiffness. Muscle inflammation. 2  Bruising. Redness.  Reduce ability to move the affected 1  body part. more information...Â».
The signs and symptoms of a hamstring strain are: (1) pain when moving or stretching of the leg, (2) muscle spasms of the injured muscles, (3) swelling over the injury, (4) Weakened leg (moderate or severe strain), and (5) Crepitation (âcracklingâ feeling and sound when the injured area is pressed with fingers). A moderate or (grade II) strain, which is a tearing of fibers in a muscle or tendon or at the attachment to the bone. 2  Strength is diminished. 3  A severe or (grade III strain), which is a rupture of the muscle tendon-bone attachment, with separation of fibers.