A hormone secreted by the duodenum which encourages the production of pancreatic juice.
A 27-amino acid peptide hormone secreted by duodenal cells in response to the low pH of the chyme entering the small intestine from the stomach. Its function is to inhibit hydrochloric acid secretion while stimulating the release of a watery alkaline juice from the pancreatic exocrine cells.
Hormone secreted by the small intestine when acidic, partially digested food enters it; it stimulates bile production and pancreatic secretion.
A hormone secreted from the small intestine (duodenum) when acidified food leaves the stomach. It stimulates the secretion of relatively enzyme-free alkaline juice by the pancreas and of bile by the liver.
A hormone secreted by the mucous membrane of the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine, when food comes in contact with it. On being carried by the blood to the pancreas, it stimulates the secretion of pancreatic juice.
A hormone secreted by the duodenal mucosa that stimulates sodium bicarbonate secretion by the pancreas and bile secretion by the liver. It decreases gastrointestinal peristalsis and motility.
The enteroendocrine hormone, secreted by the epithelial cells of the duodenum and jejunum, prompts the pancreas to exude bicarbonate ions and concurrently activates the liver to produce and discharge bile into the duodenum for digestion.
Secretin is a hormone generated by the duodenum, the initial segment of the small intestine, in response to acidic food passing from the stomach. This hormone triggers the release of pancreatic juice, containing sodium bicarbonate to counteract the acidity, as well as bile produced by the liver.
A hormone generated within the duodenum’s cells. It is absorbed into the bloodstream and then transported to the pancreas, where it triggers heightened activity.