Nutrition and You - With Masteringnutrition
Nutrition and You - With Masteringnutrition
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780321908735
Author: Blake
Publisher: PEARSON
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Introduction: Digestion involves the breakdown of larger food materials into smaller particles. Pancreas is a glandular organ present in the abdominal cavity of vertebrate that helps in regulation of sugar level in the body. It has exocrine activity (for digestion) and endocrine activity (maintain blood sugar). It secretes pancreatic juice that contains multiple diversities of enzymes that help for the digestion of the food materials.

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