What does the pancreas do? - Emma Bryce

Explore how the pancreas operates, and how this organ helps with digestion and controlling your sugar levels. Uploaded 19-02-15 -- Beneath your ribs, you’ll find, among other things, the pancreas -- an organ that works a lot like a personal health coach. Emma Bryce explains how this organ controls your sugar levels and produces a special juice that releases the nutrients from your food to help keep you in the best possible shape. Lesson by Emma Bryce, animation by Tremendousness. View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-does-the-pancreas-do-emma-bryce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices