Pancreas

- AN ORGAN OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WITH EXOCRINE AND ENDOCRINE SECRETORY FUNCTIONS.

EXOCRINE PART (97% OF THE MASS OF THE GLAND): PRODUCES PANCREATIC JUICE THAT ENTERS THE DUODENUM.
ENDOCRINE PART (3% OF THE MASS OF THE GLAND): ISLETS OF LANGERHANS, WHICH FORM THE HORMONES GLUCAGON AND INSULIN, WHICH ENTER THE BLOODSTREAM.
pancriatic acinus
a-cells
b-cells
blood vessel
islet of Langerhans