Pancreas is also called as _____ gland.

Holocrine

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Metacrine

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Apocrine

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Pericrine

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Solution

The correct option is B
Metacrine

Pancreas has both exocrine (Acini – to secrete pancreatic juice which helps in digestion of food, here it is an exocrine gland as it releases the secretions into duodenum through pancreatic duct) and endocrine parts (Islets of Langerhans with α, β and Δ cells which secrete glucagon, Insulin and somatostatin). Hence, it is called as Metacrine or Paracrine gland.

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