Which organ secretes pancreatic juices into the pancreatic duct, bile duct, and duodenum?

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Which organ secretes pancreatic juices into the pancreatic duct, bile duct, and duodenum?

Pancreas. It produces pancreatic juice, an exocrine digestive fluid that contains enzymes and bicarbonate. This juice travels through the pancreatic duct to the duodenum, where it aids digestion. The bile duct, by contrast, carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum, not pancreatic juice, and the spleen doesn’t secrete digestive fluids. So for pancreatic juice entering the digestive tract, the pancreas is the source.

Pancreas. It produces pancreatic juice, an exocrine digestive fluid that contains enzymes and bicarbonate. This juice travels through the pancreatic duct to the duodenum, where it aids digestion. The bile duct, by contrast, carries bile from the liver and gallbladder to the duodenum, not pancreatic juice, and the spleen doesn’t secrete digestive fluids. So for pancreatic juice entering the digestive tract, the pancreas is the source.

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