12 Exocrine Pancreas
Pancreatic Fluid
- left side: same as plasma
- slow flow rate: all bicarb reabsorbed
- quick flow rate: not enough time to absorb bicarb
Pancreatic Enzymes
- vasovagal reflex
- signal from duodenum to pancreas via vagus nerve
- lipase: fat
Amylase
- active form secreted
- breaks down into smaller saccharides
- only monosaccharides absorbed
- at brush border: rate limiting step
Lipase
Protein
- auto activation of trypsin starts acute pancreatitis
