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The pancreas sends digestive enzymes such as trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, carboxypeptidase, pancreatic lipase and pancreatic amylase to the small intestine via the pancreatic duct. Note that it is also an organ of the endocrine system. This means that in addition to releasing enzymes to the digestive tract, it also secretes hormones (insulin, glucagon, somatostatin) directly into the bloodstream.

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The ducts that carry secretion from the pancreas empty into which part of the digestive tract?

duodenum


What are the tubes in the pancreas called?

they are ducts...your welcome!


Ducts from the pancreas and gallbladder enter the stomach colon small intestine gallbladder rectum?

They enter the small intestine, more specifically the duodenum.


Ducts from the pancreas and liver enter the?

They enter the Duodenum which is the shortest section (about 10 inches long) of the small intestine.


The liver and pancreas are connected to the?

The liver and pancreas are connected to the duodenum, the first section of the small intestine where most of the chemical digestion occurs.The liver has hepatic ducts (tubes that direct the secretions) that join with the cystic duct from the gallbladder to form the common bile duct that enters the duodenum. The pancreas has it's own pancreatic duct which joins with the common bile duct just before entering the small intestine at a structure called the hepatopancreatic ampulla (also known as the amulla of Vater).These ducts release the digestive enzymes and bile that allow the duodenum to carry out the majority of chemical digestion and food absorption.


What ducts empty into the duodenal ampulla?

The common bile duct and main pancreatic duct both empty into the duodenal ampulla. These ducts facilitate the transport of bile and pancreatic enzymes into the duodenum to aid in digestion.


What is the pancreas made of?

The pancreas is made up of glandular tissue and a system of ducts


How does pancreatic juice get into the alimentary canal of a frog?

Pancreatic juice in a frog travels from the pancreas through a duct that empties into the duodenum of the small intestine. When the frog eats, the presence of food in the duodenum triggers the release of pancreatic juice to aid in digestion.


How do the secretions produced by the accessory structures enter the gastrointestinal tract?

Secretions from the liver (bile and enzymes) will pass through the common hepatic duct and reaches the pancreatic duct. pancreatic juices from the pancreas will also flow to the pancreatic duct. both will be flowing to the duodenum through a small opening in the duodenum.


How would digestive enzymes reach the digestive tract?

The Pancreas has ducts


What part connects the pancreas to the small intestine?

The pancreatic duct comes from the pancreas to the small intestine as does the accessory pancreatic duct. Pancreatic juice containing important buffers and digestive enzymes travels through these ducts into the lumen or hollow part of the duodenum or first part of the small intestine. Physically, there is some connective tissue that holds both the pancreas and small intestine in place and near each other.


What is connected to the duodenum via the bile duct?

The gallbladder is connected to the intestine by the bile ducts.