What is the function of the pancreas in the digestive process?

Answer 1

It has two functions: First exocrine : to produce the enzymes needed to digest food, and secondly endocrine ; to produce hormones, including the hormone insulin, which facilitates the uptake and storage of glucose i.e. sugar and amino acids i.e. proteins.

Answer 2

The pancreas is a glandular organ with two main functions. It functions as an exocrine organ by producing digestive enzymes, and as an endocrine organ by producing hormones.

The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes such as proteolytic enzymes which are responsible for the digestion of proteins, lipases which digest fat and amylases which digest dietary carbohydrates.

In addition to the proteases, lipase and amylase, the pancreas produces a host of other digestive enzymes, including ribonuclease, deoxyribonuclease, gelatinase and elastase.

Besides digestive enzymes, the pancreas is also responsible for the production and secretion of the hormones insulin and glucagon to regulate blood sugar.

Answer 3

it secretes pancreatic juice into the duodenum and insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin into the bloodstream.

Answer 4

the main digestive function of the pancreas is to secrete enzymes and neutralize stomach acids

Answer 5

production of digestive enzymes It secretes digestive enzymes such as trypsin lipase and amylase which break down food in the duodenum.

Answer 6

The main purpose of the pancreas is to send out insulin throughout the body.

Answer 7

The pancreas makes and delivers digestive juices through a tube called the pancreatic duct to the upper part of the small intestine.

Answer 8

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