A piece of thread was tied tightly around an animal's pancreatic duct. The animal subsequently had difficulty in digesting food but did not get diabetes. Explain.

After tying a piece of thread tightly around an animal’s pancreatic duct, it gets closed, and the pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes will not be able to reach the small intestine.

Animals feel difficulty to digest the food in the absence of pancreatic juice (due to the blockage of the pancreatic duct) because it contains enzymes which help in the digestion of food.

However, the pancreas being an endocrine gland secrets insulin hormones directly in the blood by which the animal does not get diabetes, because the main function of insulin is to maintain the blood sugar level in the body.

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Updated on: 23-Mar-2023

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