Digestion 2

• has metabolic and regulatory functions
• 2nd largest organ in the body (3-4lbs)
• occupies the right quadrant under the diaphragm
• lies almost entirely within the rib cage which offers it some protection
• Lobes: right, left, caudate, quadrate

• sack-like organ on inferior/posterior surface of liver
• stores/concentrates bile which drains into the duodenum via the common bile duct

• soft, lobulated, glandular organ
• exocrine and endocrine function
• -islets of langerhans
• -control of blood glucose levels
• -insulin (high blood glucose levels)
• -Glucagon (low blood glucose levels)
• Pancreatic juice into duodenum: assists in digestion of triglycerides

secrete hormones and acini secrete a mixture of fluid and digestive enzymes called pancreatic juice.