Gastrointestinal Tract - Pancreas

Question 1

What are the functions of the pancreas divided into?

Answer 1

Exocrine and endocrine functions

Question 2

What is the exocrine functions of the pancreas?

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Answer 2

Secrete into ducts

Secretes ‘pancreatic juice’

Acinar cells; enzymatic secretions

Acinar cells; secrete enzymes for pancreatic juice

Duct cells; aqueous NaHCO3

Sodium bicarbonate mixes with enzymes to form pancreatic juice

Question 3

What does the exocrine part of the pancreas secrete?

Answer 3

Ducts

Pancreatic Juice

Question 4

Where are duct cells in the pancreas?

Answer 4

Duct cells line the ducts of the pancreas

Question 5

What forms pancreatic juice?

2

Answer 5

Enzymes

Sodium bicarbonate

Question 6

What cells secrete enzymes in the pancreas?

Answer 6

Acinar cells

Question 7

What cells secrete sodium bicarbonate?

Answer 7

Duct cells

Question 8

What is the endocrine function of the pancreas?

2

Answer 8

Releases secretory products (hormones) into blood

Islets of Langerhans release insulin/glucagon