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What organ makes insulin and emzymes to help break up food in the small intestine?
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∙ 12y ago
The liver breaks down most proteins in the body, including insulin.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 15y agoDepending on what type of hormone (steroid, peptide, amine, etc.) a special type of enzyme will break it down. I would assume several organs of the body contain these enzymes.
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∙ 12y agoThe pancreas produces insulin and other enzymes that help us digest food
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EColi makes insulin because?
the insulin was inserted into it
What makes trypsin insulin and glucagon?
The pancreas produces all three of these proteins.
What organ produces enzymes that break down fats proteins and carbohydrates?
The gallbladder, which is an accessory organ of the small intestines, makes bile which is secreted into the small intestine and emulsifies (breaks down) fats.
Which best describes a scientist found the human gene that makes insulin?
They worked backwards from mRNA to DNA.
What does the liver do while food is in the small intestine?
It makes bile, an acid that breaks down your food.
What secretes digestive enzymes into small intestine or stomach and also makes insulin?
the pancreas
Why do you have to use insulin when you have diabetes?
Everyone has insulin and the pancreas makes it. When your body doesn't make insulin that is diabetes. Insulin is the liquid the pancreas makes so that you can break down nutritious food into energy. So with diabetes you have to get the insulin with a shot in the arm, leg, butt, or stomach.
What organ makes juice that break down protein in the small intestine?
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 part of the digestive system produces insulin?
Insulin is not stored, the body makes it on demand. Also it is not part of the digestive system, rather it is a hormone regulating the amount of sugar in the blood (it does however kick in when you have eaten something). Insulin is made by the islets of Langerhans, which are the regions of the pancreas that contain its endocrine (i.e., hormone-producing) cells.
What role does the pancreas play in the digestive process?
The pancreas secretes digestive substances into the small intestine to help digest certain kinds of nutrients.
What is the the organ the releases glucose in the bloodstream?
The small intestine adds glucose from the food you eat, into the blood stream. Perhaps you mean insulin which regulates the uptake of glucose. Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets. The pancreas is the organ in this case.
EColi makes insulin because?
the insulin was inserted into it
What organ located near the stomach that makes insulin?
Hi!! The beta cells of Pancreas makes Insulin.
What is the long hollow tube that makes up the digestive system?
the long intestine and the shorter intestine
How does metformin work?
Metformin is an anti-hyperglycemic. It is known as an insulin sensitizer in that it allows for glucose to be more sensitive to the insulin that a Type 2 diabetic makes allowing for more glucose to be taken in and used by the cell. Meformin also decreases the amount of glucose made by the liver as well as decreases the absorption of glucose in the small intestine.
What is the function of a pig's pancreas?
it makes insulin
