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Pancreas is known as heterogeneous gland. Give reason

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Answered by ranjeetakatarep9sk2l
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pancreas give out the hormones insulin and glucagon which helps in maintaining the level of the glucose within the blood . thus , behaves as an endocrine gland. whereas it gives out pancreatic juices in the duodenum through a duct therefore it act as a exocrine gland here.

therefore together pancreas is called a hetrocrine gland.

Answered by Banjit
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Pancreas is known as a mixed gland because it performs functions of both exocrine and endocrine glands.
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