Pancreas: Chemical Digestion 1

Question 1

What is the structure of the pancreas?

Answer 1

Long and flat.

Question 2

Where is the pancreas located?

Answer 2

Between the stomach and the duodenum.

Question 3

What is the function of the pancreas?

Answer 3

• Secretes enzymes.
• Secretes hormones (regulation of glucose in blood).

Question 4

What does the pancreas cause the continuation of?

Answer 4

The digestion of starch (release of more amylase).

Question 5

What does fat rich chyme do?

Answer 5

Signals the release of cholecystokinin (CCK) from the mucosa into the blood.

Question 6

What does the release of cholecystokinin (CCK) from the mucosa into the blood signals the pancreas to do?

Answer 6

To secrete a variety of substances including pH controllers for lipids, carbs, and proteins.

Question 7

Where do these substances enter? Where do these substances enter from?

Answer 7

The duodenum via the pancreatic duct.

Question 8

What do these substances do?

Answer 8

Slows stomach digestion - digestion of fats by the small intestine.