Interdisciplinary Note (9 of 36)
1: Head of pancreas  -  2: Uncinate process of pancreas  -  3: Pancreatic notch  -  4: Body of pancreas  -  5: Anterior surface of pancreas  -  6: Inferior surface of pancreas  -  7: Superior margin of pancreas  -  8: Anterior margin of pancreas  -  9: Inferior margin of pancreas  -  10: Omental tuber  -  11: Tail of pancreas  -  12: Duodenum
The pancreas.

Some organs, such as the pancreas, combine endocrine functions with other activities. In addition to its endocrine functions, the pancreas plays a direct roll in digestion as an exocrine gland, secreting pancreatic juice, containing digestive enzymes and bicarbonate, through the pancreatic duct, into the intestine.