name the hormones secreted by pancreas write one function of each
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Insulin : Regulates sugar metabolism, maintain blood sugar level.
Glucagon : Increases blood sugar level.
Primary hormones secreted by the pancreas include:
GASTRIN: This hormone aids digestion by stimulating certain cells in the stomach to produce acid.
GLUCAGON: Glucagon helps insulin maintain normal blood glucose by working in the opposite way of insulin. It stimulates your cells to release glucose, and this raises your blood glucose levels.
INSULIN: This hormone regulates blood glucose by allowing many of your body’s cells to absorb and use glucose. In turn, this drops blood glucose levels.
SOMATOSTATIN: When levels of other pancreatic hormones, such as insulin and glucagon, get too high, somatostatin is secreted to maintain a balance of glucose and/or salt in the blood.
VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE (VIP): This hormone helps control water secretion and absorption from the intestines by stimulating the intestinal cells to release water and salts into the intestines.