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The pancreas is a glandular organ and is part of both the endocrine and digestive systems.
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What organ system does the pancreas belong to?
The organ system that the pancreas belongs to is endocrine
What organ system does the frogs pancreas belong to?
The pancreas of a frog belongs to the digestive system
The 'pancreas' belongs to which bodily system?
The pancreas is considered part of the digestive and endocrine systems. It is both an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juices that break down carbohydrates in the small intestine and a endocrine gland, secreting hormones, such as insulin and glucagon.
The'pancreas' belongs to which bodily parts?
digestive system
What is the capital of pancreas?
The pancreas is a bodily organ. It has no capital.
What is exocrine tissue?
Exocrine tissue belongs in the pancreas of a human body. It actually makes up 99 percent of the weight of the human pancreas.
What two major parts of the digestive system is the pancreas attached to?
the pancreas works with the small intestine and the liver. It works with the liver by sending the hormones that it makes to the liver. The pancreas makes insulin and glucagon. If the blood sugar is high, the pancreas sends out insulin. The liver reads this and it will store glucose(sugar). Glucagon tells the liver to release glucose when the blood sugar is high. The pancreas works with the small intestine because it makes digestive juices that are sent into the small intestine. The juices help break down food.
What systim is the pancreas?
The pancreas is part of the endocrine and gastrointestinal system.
What subsystem does the pancreas belong in?
The Abdominal cavity. The pancreas is both an Exocrine and Endocrine gland.As an exocrine gland it produces and secretes pancreatic juice, which digests all the components of food in the small intestine. As an endocrine gland, the pancreas secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon into the bloodstream. Completes the job of breaking down protein, carbohydrates, and fats using digestive juices of pancreas combined with juices from the intestines.Secretes hormones that affect the level of sugar in the blood.Produces chemicals that neutralize stomach acids that pass from the stomach into the small intestine by using substances in pancreatic juice.Contains Islets of Langerhans, which are tiny groups of specialized cells that are scattered throughout the organ.These cells secrete: Glucagon---raises the level of glucose (sugar) in the bloodInsulin---stimulates cells to use glucoseSomatostatin---may regulate the secretion of glucagons and insulin.This organ belongs to the digestive system and preform the above functions which is necessary for digestion to be completed.
Which endocrine gland is also part of the digestive system?
The pancreas is part of the Endocrine and Digestive Systems.
What system does the heart belongs to?
The heart belongs to the Circulatory System or the Cardiovascular System.
Which system secretes hormones needed for the control of digestion homeostasis and metabolism?
The endocrine system, which is made up of the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, thymus, adrenal gland, and pancreas, is defined as the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity.
