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The pancreas. This organ sits just below the stomach and is both an exocrine and an endocrine gland.
Vertebral compression Fractures of the spine (vertebra) can cause severe ”band-like” pain that radia
Angioplasty. One form is called balloon angioplasty, shown here. A balloon catheter is threaded into
Cardiac catheterization. Insertion of a tube called a catheter through a blood vessel. In this examp
Photograph of the flea that transmits Yersinia pestis to cause bubonic plague, called the oriental r
Cancer cells can move to new locations in the body, a process called metastasis