What is the difference between digestion and pancreas?
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The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
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The ability to use this process.
The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
(medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
(anatomy) A gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion. The fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces. The pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar. These hormones are released into the cardiovascular system. Hviveldyr by Jørgensen, Jørgen M. (Danish author) , ISBN 978-87-02-07684-4
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Digestion is a see also of pancreas.
As nouns the difference between digestion and pancreas
is that digestion is the process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body while pancreas is (anatomy) a gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid into the duodenum to help with food digestion the fluid contains protease, carbohydrase and lipase, which breaks down larger molecules into smaller pieces the pancreas also produces the hormones insulin and glucagon which regulate blood sugar these hormones are released into the cardiovascular system hviveldyr by jørgensen, jørgen m (danish author) , isbn 978-87-02-07684-4.digestion
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(wikipedia digestion)Noun
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}