What does the pancreas do?

Answer by  Dustin (359)

The pancreas produces chemicals that are vital to the digestion of food. It also regulates blood sugar and is a stomach gland. It also secretes insulin and other hormones essential to normal body functioning. It also helps to metabolize foods that the stomach is less efficient in metabolizing. It secretes bile into the digestive tract.

Answer by  bubbyboy (9929)

One of the most important hormones to the body, insulin, is produced by the pancreas. This function regulates the body's sugar. If the pancreas fails to produce enough insulin, diabetes is the result. Pancreatic juices help the digetive tract. The pancreas creates important enzymes to break down starches in food.

Answer by  zombieguy (986)

The pancreas is a gland which produces a number of hormones and enzymes, including insulin and pancreatic juice, which is passed into the small intestine to aid digestion.