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What would a individual need to do to replace the function of there pancreas?
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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.
How can you lose your pancreas?
Consult a doctor. Without a pancreas you would immediately become a type-1 diabetic (as the pancreas produces the blood sugar your body needs to function). This would require monitoring your blood sugar levels on a daily basis, a strict diet, exercise and possibly insulin shots. You would also need to take digestive enzymes with each meal as another function of the pancreas, that you are now lacking, is to produce such enzymes.
Can the pancreas be surgically removed?
Technically, it can be. Reasons for removing the pancreas might include cancer or trauma (such as a car accident). The pancreas is responsible for producing digestive enzymes and the body's supply of insulin. Without it, you would become a Type-1 Diabetic and would need to take insulin shots and digestive enzymes.
Why would the size of the pancreas increase?
Pancreatitis, inflammation of the pancreas, would cause a pancreas to swell or increase in size.
What would the body catch if the pancreas dies?
you would have to inject insulin because the pancreas produces insulin
What does the pancreas control?
The pancreas controls the insulin and blood sugar levels in your body. Without a pancreas, you would be a type-1 diabetic.
Can you burn out a pancreas?
If the pancreas was to brust i really dont know what would happem..
How will the removal of pancreas affect digestion?
The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes that aid digestion in the small intestines; the removal of the pancreas would make it much more difficult to digest food. If the pancreas has to be removed for medical reasons (probably pancreatic cancer) then presumably, the patient would then take enzyme pills with his or her meals, to make up for the loss of the pancreas. Such a person would also suffer from severe diabetes, since the pancreas is also the organ that secretes insulin, and a person without a pancreas would require insulin injections as well.
What life function is necessary to the species but not the individual organism?
Reproduction
Which gland is located behind the stomach?
Pancreas (actually located behind the stomach)
What does atrophic pancreas mean?
It means the pancreas did not fully form. Depending on the degree it would usually not be a problem.
What systems would be shut down if the pancreas dies?
if the pancreas dies the digestive system in general should be shut down.
