The pancreas is made up of two parts A and B. The part A secretes insulin whereas part B secretes pancreatic juice.
(a) Which part is functioning as an endocrine gland? Why?
(b) What is insulin and what effect does it have in the body?
(c) Name the disease which can be treated by giving insulin injections.
(d) What does pancreatic juice contain? Where does pancreatic juice go?
(e) Name the life process in which pancreatic juice is made use of.
(a) In above question, Part A is functioning as an endocrine gland because it secretes insulin hormone.
(b) Insulin is a hormone secreted by pancreas. It controls the blood sugar level and prevents from diabetes diseases.
(c) In diabetes, the patients are treated by injecting insulin injections.
(d) Digestive enzymes like pancreatic amylase, tryspin and lipase are present in the pancreatic juice. This pancreatic juice goes to small intestine.
(e) In digestion process, the pancreatic juice is made use of.