Pancreas, liver, gallbladder

What are the size and location of the pancreas?

About 6 inches long and sits across the back of the abdomen, behind the stomach. The head is on the right side of the abdomen and connected to the duodenum.

What is the size of the liver and where is it located?

About the size of a football and located in the upper right portion of your abdomen, beneath the diaphragm and above your stomach.

What is the relationship between the liver and the gallbladder?

Bike is produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder

What is the function of bile and where does it enter the digestive tract?

Bile contains bile acids, critical for the digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins in the small intestines

Different functions of the pancreas, and how is the pancreas directly related to digestion?

Converting the food we eat into fuel for the body's cells, has 2 main functions: an exocrine function that helps in digestion and an endocrine function that regulates blood sugar. Produce important enzymes and hormones that help beak down foods.

How is insulin related to the digestive system?

Insulin is found in the pancreas and it helps keep your blood sugar from being to high or to low, also it releases glucose which breaks down the sugars in our blood stream.

Pancreas connect to the rest of the digestive system

Located behind your stomach and is attached to both your gallbladder and small intestines

What enzymes are produced by the pancreas and there functions.?

Pancreatic proteases: helps digest proteins Pancreatic lipase: digests fats Pancreatic amylase: helps digest sugars and carbs

Other functions of the liver in the body?

To filter the blood coming from the digestive tract, before passing it to the rest of the body

How does the liver function in relation to digestion?

To process the nutrients absorbed from the small intestines