The pancreas functions as both an exocrine gland, producing digestive enzymes, and an endocrine gland, secreting hormones directly into the bloodstream.
El páncreas funciona como glándula exocrina, produciendo enzimas digestivas, y como glándula endocrina, secretando hormonas directamente en el torrente sanguíneo.
| Front | non-steroid hormones |
|---|---|
| Back | hydrophillic so repelled by membrane, instead bind to receptors on membrane which triggers cascade reactions mediated by second messengers e.g adrenaline |
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