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No digestion actually happens in the pancreas, but the pancreas does secret enzymes that help break down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats into the digestive system.

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What stores digestive enzymes?

In humans, the pancreas stores the digestive enzymes. These digestive enzymes turn the food that we consume into energy that the body uses.


How would digestive enzymes reach the digestive tract?

The Pancreas has ducts


What is digested in the pancreas?

Food is not digested in the pancreas. In fact, food doesn't pass through the pancreas at all. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes to the small intestine (duodenum).


Which organ in human body produces insulin?

The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes along with the enzymes insulin and glucagon.


Bile is not found in this structure?

Bile is not found in the pancreas. The pancreas is responsible for producing digestive enzymes and bicarbonate, but bile is produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder before being released into the small intestine to aid in digestion.


Which organ produces digestive enzymes?

The pancreas is the main digestive enzyme-producing organ in the body.


Is the pancreas a digestive organ?

yes it is,pancreas have the digestive function in secreting various digestive enzymes.it secrets enzymes lie lipases,proteases etc.


What organ produces digestive juices containing digestive enzymes and acid?

The pancreas


Which organ secretes the greatest number of digestive enzymes?

Pancreas


What organ secrets the most potent of the digestive enzymes?

The pancreas secretes the most potent digestive enzymes in the body. These enzymes help break down carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in the small intestine to be absorbed by the body.


What cell structure produces enzymes in the pancreas?

While the pancreas produces insulin, insulin is a hormone not a digestive enzyme. The enzymes secreted by the pancreas are proteases, lipase, trypsin and amylase.


Where are most digestive enzymes produced?

Most digestive enzymes are produced in the stomach. You will find that with the complex ducts throughout the human body these enzymes can travel to other areas of the digestive system. These areas include the salivary glands, the stomach, the pancreas, and the intestines.