What are the pancreases main function?

Answer 1

It takes bile to the duodenum. Bile is mostly water and has an excretory function in that it carries bilirubin and excess cholesterol to the intestines for elimination in feces. The digestive function of bile is accomplished by bile salts, which emulsify fats in the small intestine. Emulsification means that large fat globules are broken into smaller globules. This is mechanical, not chemical, digestion; the fat is still fat but now has more surface area to facilitate chemical digestion. Production of bile is stimulated by the hormone secretin, which is produced by the duodenum when food enters the small intestine.
A bile duct is any of a number of long tube-like structures that carry Bile.
The bile duct is just a tube, linking the gallbladder with the duodenum. Bile passes through it when food enters the duodenum.

Answer 2

Its secretions combine with the bile from the common bile duct and passes through the duodenal papilla, past the sphincter of Oddi, to allow digestive juices to flow into the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, in order to digest all three types of food products; proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.

Answer 3

Bile can flow in both directions between the gallbladder and the common hepatic duct and the (common) bile duct.

In this way, bile is stored in the gallbladder in between meal times. The hormone cholecystokinin, when stimulated by a fatty meal, promotes bile secretion by increased production of hepatic bile, contraction of the gall bladder, and relaxation of the Sphincter of Oddi.

Answer 4

The pancreas is a small organ located near the lower part of the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine. This organ has two main functions. It functions as an exocrine organ by producing digestive enzymes, and as an endocrine organ by producing hormones, with insulin being the most important hormone produced by the pancreas.

The pancreas secretes its digestive enzymes, through a system of ducts into the digestive tract, while it secretes its variety of hormones directly into the bloodstream.

Abnormal pancreatic function can lead to pancreatitis or Diabetes mellitus.

Answer 5

The pancreatic duct carries pancreatic fluid produced by exocrine cells in the pancreas. The pancreatic duct runs the length of the pancreas and connects to the common bile duct .

Answer 6

The pancreatic duct connects the pancreas, the gallbladder, and the duodenum of the small intestine. The pancreatic duct empties pancreatic juices into the duodenum to aid in digestion.

Answer 7

It is located behind a human stomach.

Answer 8

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