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Pancreas: Meaning and Development | Digestive System | Human | Biology

In this article we will discuss about the meaning and development of pancreas in human body with the help of suitable diagram. Meaning of Pancreas: The pancreas is both an endocrine as well as exocrine gland. It is devoid of distinct connective tissue capsule and is covered by a fine layer of the loose tissue which passes into the gland [...]

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Mechanism of Bile Storage | Digestive System | Human | Biology

In this article we will discuss about the mechanism of bile with the help of suitable diagram. Bile secretion by liver is an active and continuous process, but its expulsion in the duodenum is intermittent. These facts necessarily prove that after secretion bile must be stored somewhere. The gall-bladder is the chief place for bile storage. The common bile duct, [...]

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Types of Digestive Juice: 4 Types | Digestive System | Human | Biology

There are five digestive juices, viz., saliva, gastric juice, pancreatic juice, succus entericus (intestinal juice) and bile, secreted from salivary, gastric, pancreatic, intestinal and hepatic gland respectively, which are poured in the alimentary canal at its different levels successively from oral to aboral side. The term, mechanism of secretion is meant by- (a) How the glands respond to secrete by [...]

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