Question

Explaining of digestive glands and pancreas in our body 

Answer 1

Digestive Glands

Several glands produce digestive juices that help in digestion of the food.

Salivary glands, Gastric glands, Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas are few to name.

Salivary glands secrete saliva which initiates digestion in the mouth itself.

Gastric glands present in the wall of the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid and enzyme pepsin.

The liver secretes bile which is stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps in digestion of fats.

The pancreas secretes many digestive enzymes and its secretion is called as pancreatic juice.

Enzymes like trypsin, chymotrypsin, lipase, amylase are present in the pancreatic juice.

 

Pancreas:

The pancreas is a long, flat gland present behind the stomach in humans.

It is one of the major digestive glands and is of mixed nature i.e. endocrine as well as exocrine.

As an endocrine organ, it secretes two hormones called insulin and glucagon which maintain the blood sugar level.

As an exocrine gland, it secretes pancreatic juice which is nothing but a mixture of many digestive enzymes.

The digestive enzymes secreted by the pancreas include trypsin and chymotrypsin and proteases which digest proteins.

It also includes amylase which digests the starch content of the food.

Pancreatic lipases are the pancreatic enzymes that help in digestion of fats.

Digestive Glands:

Several glands produce digestive juices that help in digestion of the food.