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Nata [24]
3 years ago
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What is the purpose of the pancreas in the digestive tract Help!

Biology
2 answers:
djverab [1.8K]3 years ago
8 0
It plays an essential role in converting the food we eat into fuel for the body's cells. The pancreas has two main functions: an exocrine function that helps in digestion and an endocrine function that regulates blood sugar.
Amiraneli [1.4K]3 years ago
3 0

Answer: The pancreas secretes the pancreatic juice which is a watery alkaline fluid that contains enzymes that aid in digestion.

Explanation: The pancreas secretes the pancreatic juice. Pancreatic juice is a watery alkaline fluid that contains the enzyme amylopsin, trypsinogen, and steapsin. Amylopsin is an amylase that acts on carbohydrates and converts them to simple sugars, steapsin is a lipase which acts on emulsified fats and converts them to fatty acids and glycerol. Trypsinogen is a protease which is inactive, and it is converted to its active form trypsin which then converts proteins into polypeptides.

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