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The pancreas produces


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Three digestive enzymes and no hormone

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Three digestive enzymes and one hormone

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Two digestive enzymes and one hormone

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Three digestive enzymes and two hormones

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Solution

The correct option is D

Three digestive enzymes and two hormones


The pancreas produces pancreatic juice which contains trypsinogen, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase, lipase, pancreatic alpha amylase, elastase and nucleases. Of these, the first three are concerned with protein digestion which converts proteins into small peptides.

Other than these, the pancreas also secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon which act antagonistically in controlling the blood sugar level.


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