The hike to the peak of Huayna Picchu is about 1.2 miles and has an altitude gain of about 1,000 vertical feet. The path is steep enough in sections that hand ropes are necessary to balance as you haul yourself up the narrow and sometimes vertigo-inducing trail.
Pancreas Function. Measuring about 12 to 15 centimeter in length, pancreas is a glandular organ lying behind stomach in the abdomen and performing both endocrine as well as exocrine functions. The exocrine secretions (pancreatic juice) are released into the duodenum of small intestine through pancreatic duct.
The duodenum is a short U-shaped portion of the small intestine that connects the stomach to the intestine. The bile duct from the gall bladder enters the duodenum. The pancreas is located on the duodenum and the lower stomach.The secretions of the pancreas enter the duodenum by way of the pancreatic duct.he colon is the narrowed continuation of the valvular intestine. It is located at the posterior end of the body cavity. The rectal gland is a slender, blind-ended, finger-like structure that leads into the colon by means of a duct.