NEET Biology question
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Statement 1: Liver and pancreas are the largest digestive glands of the body; the pancreas occupies the second position, i.e., it is the second-largest gland after the liver. Statement 2: The pancreas is considered a mixed (heterocrine) gland as it functions as both an exocrine and an endocrine gland.
Answer: (B)
Solution
Statement 1 is true: the liver is the largest gland and the pancreas is the second-largest digestive gland in the human body. Statement 2 is also true: the pancreas has both an exocrine part (secreting pancreatic juice into the duodenum) and an endocrine part (the islets
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