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Question
What is pancreas? Mention the major secretions of pancreas that are helpful in digestion.
Solution
The pancreas is a gland having exocrine and endocrine portions involved in secreting digestive enzymes as well as hormones. Major secretions of the pancreas involved in digestion are inactive enzymes listed below:
- Trypsinogen
- Chymotrypsinogen
- Procarboxypeptidases
- Amylases
- Lipases
- Nucleases
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