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The pancreas plays an important role in the digestive process, producing essential enzymes in the digestion of food. The other function of the pancreas, which can be described as “control of fuel,” is to produce insulin, which affects people with diabetes.

Over 95% of the cells of the pancreas are exocrine glands, which produces pancreatic juice that contains enzymes that break down fats and proteins in food so that nutrients can be absorbed by the small intestine and used by the body to tissue repair or to promote growth.

Ducts are called exocrine pancreatic juice to the common bile duct and, eventually, the small intestine. Only a small percentage of cells in the pancreas are endocrine glands, arranged in small groups or clusters called islets of Langerhans. Islet cells release three hormones (insulin, glucagon and somatostatin) which allow the body to metabolize (break down and digest) food. Also regulate the body makes use of glucose, which is the energy source for many of the daily activities of all cells.

When the pancreas is functioning normally, the blood glucose concentration varies in response to a wide variety of events, stress or infections, but remains in its normal limits.