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What is the difference between digestion and pancreas?

digestion | pancreas |

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

Noun

  • 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 result of this process.
  • 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.
  • pancreas

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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
  • Synonyms

    * gutbread * stomach sweetbread

    Derived terms

    * pancreatectomy * pancreatic * pancreatitis

    See also

    (See also) * diabetes * digestion * insulin

    References

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