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The endocrine capacity of the pancreas is best known for its secretion of insulin, a hormone. The pancreas, however, also has many digestive capabilities in that it secretes many enzymes needed for digestion of nutrients. The majority of the pancreas is exocrine tissue producing digestive enzymes and bicarbonate to digest and neutralize the chyme in the duodenum. The endocrine glands of the pancreas are the Islets of Langerhans, which only make up about 1 to 2 percent of the pancreas' mass. However, these Islets are very important and critical to the health of a human since they produce glucagon (alpha cells), insulin (beta cells), and somatostatin (delta cells). Glucagon and insulin are critical enzymes for maintaining a constant blood sugar level. Somatostatin, as the name suggests, stops body growth in general.
The stomach, pancreas, duodenum, and liver all can be categorized as in the digestive and endocrine system.
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What is the Function pancreas?
Produces digestive enzymes, and as an endocrine organ, it produces hormones.
In which organ system is the pancreas?
endocrine and digestive i think.
What organ systems are the pancreas part of?
Endocrine and digestive
How do the endocrine and digestive systms work together?
The endocrine system causes the release of digestive hormones. The digestive tract also signals the endocrine system as to the presence of food.
What is panccreas?
The pancreas is a gland organ in the digestive and endocrine system of vertebrates.
Which two organ systems include the pancreas?
digestive system and the endocrine system
What is the triangular organ that lies between the stomach and the first part of the small intestine?
The pancreas is the triangular organ between the stomach and small intestines that produces digestive enzymes. It also has an endocrine function.
What is the endocrine?
the endocrine is an organ system that regulates mood, growth and development, tissue function, metabolism, and sexual function and reproductive processes.
What is the function of the digestive organ?
The function is to process the food in our body
What shows both endocrine and exocrine activity?
The pancreas is an organ that exhibits both endocrine and exocrine function.
what organ of the digestive system has no function?
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What organ system controls cell function by hormone actions?
The endocrine system controls cell function by hormone action.
