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The pancreas is an organ that functions as a gland. It is both an endocrine and exocrine gland. As an endocrine gland it releases hormones, such as insulin[1]. As an exocrine gland it secretes digestive enzymes, such as chymotrypsin[2]
- ↑ http://www.buzzle.com/articles/function-of-pancreas.html; Ujwal Deshmukh; Buzzle Intelligent Life On The Web; Function Of Pancreas
- ↑ Biochemistry, Sixth edition; Berg J.M., Tymoczko J.L., Stryer L.; W.H.Freeman and Company; New York; 2007