Assertion: pancreas | /r/CapableOf | produce glucagon
Facets:
value: specifically
type: DEGREE
value: as an endocrine gland
type: MANNER
value: conversely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It is both an endocrine gland (producing several important hormones, including insulin, glucagon, and somatostatin), as well as an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes that pass to the small intestine.
text: The pancreas makes insulin and glucagon and excretes these into the bloodstream.
text: Conversely, when the glucose concentration falls such as during the night without eating, the pancreas produces glucagon to signal to the liver, muscle or fat cells to release sugar from the stored form.
text: As an endocrine gland, the pancreas produces several important hormones,such as insulin and glucagon, which are secreted into the bloodstream to regulate blood sugar levels, along with other activities throughout the body.
text: The pancreas is both an exocrine gland and endocrine gland; it produces digestive enzymes that are released into the intestine via the pancreatic duct, and it produces hormones, such as insulin and glucagon, which are released from the islets of Langerhans directly into the bloodstream.
text: The pancreas produces hormones, including insulin and glucagon, and releases them into the blood.
text: Specifically, the pancreas produces the hormones insulin and glucagon for the body to use and store glucose.
text: Functioning as an endocrine gland, the pancreas produces and secretes the hormones insulin and glucagon to regulate the body’s glucose or blood sugar levels throughout the day, as well as some other hormones.
text: The pancreas is involved in maintaining blood sugar levels because it makes insulin and glucagon, two hormones that control blood sugar levels.
text: The pancreas is an exocrine gland because of its job making the enzymes for digestion and an endocrine gland because it makes hormones like insulin and glucagon.