What is the pancreas? Mention the major secretions of the pancreas that are helpful in digestion.
The pancreas is a carrot-shaped soft greyish pink gland that lies transversely below the stomach between the duodenum and spleen, which secretes digestive enzymes from its exocrine parts and hormones from its endocrine parts. The pancreas secretes three enzymes in inactive proenzyme or zymogen state and three in active enzyme state. Proenzymes. Trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, and procarboxypeptidases. Active Enzymes. Amylase, lipase, and nucleases.
