This gland
is located below stomach. This is a “Heterocrine or mixed” gland. Some part of
this gland is exocrine and secretes digestive enzymes and some part is
endocrine and secretes hormones.
Pancreas secretes following hormones-
Insulin – This hormone regulates level of sugar in blood.
This hormone convert extra glucose into glycogen which is stored in liver
.Deficiency of this hormone causes “Diabetes”.
Glycogen – This hormone converts glycogen in to glucose during
starvation.
