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How fast does food move through the pancreas?
Food does not move through the pancreas. While the pancreas produces substances that react chemically with food in the small intestines, the food does not come into contact with the pancreas.
What is digested in the pancreas?
Food is not digested in the pancreas. In fact, food doesn't pass through the pancreas at all. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes to the small intestine (duodenum).
Is the pancreas is mechanical or chemical digestion?
the pancreas breaks down food chemicaly
Does food NOT travel through the pancreas?
no it does not
What happens to food in the pancreas?
Food never enters the pancreas. The pancreas secretes enzymes into the common bile duct and these enzymes aid in the digestion of fat, and protein. The pancreas also secretes insulin into the bloodstream which helps regulate the blood sugar levels w/in the body. Without insulin the body cannot process sugars which are energy for the cells of the body.
What is purpose of liver and pancreas?
the liver produces bile and the pancreas produces enzymes that breakdown food.
What organ relys on the pancreas?
The pancreas produces enzymes and hormones which help digest food. Therefore, the pancreas is important to the stomach and the intestines. They both would not function without the pancreas.
What does the pancreas do the digestive system?
The pancreas produces digestive juices. The helps further break down food.
Need a sentence for the word pancreas?
Diabetes is caused by malfunctioning pancreas.
What is the size of a cow pancreas?
The pancreas is approximately 6 in (15 cm) long.
How long is pancreas?
About 4.5 inches long in an adult.
What are the special roles of liver pancreas in digestive system?
the pancreas add digestive juices to break down food
