The Pancreas:

• The role of the pancreas in the digestive system is to produce "pancreatic juice"
• Pancreatic juice is a mixture of digestive enzymes and sodium bicarbonate
• The pancreas releases its pancreatic juice into the small intestine.

Enzymes:

• The pancreas produces different proteases (enzymes that breakdown proteins), amylases (enzymes that digest carbohydrates), and lipases (enzymes that breakdown lipids)
• These enzymes are released into the small intestine with the pancreatic juice.

Sodium Bicarbonate:

• Sodium bicarbonate has the job of neutralizing the very acidic chyme that enters the small intestine from the stomach.