Which of the following glands in the human body acts both as an endocrine gland and as an exocrine gland?

Adrenal gland
Lacrimal gland
Pancreas
Thyroid

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Answer: (C) Pancreas

Explanation

The pancreas is both exocrine (secretes digestive pancreatic juice into the duodenum) and endocrine (islets of Langerhans secrete insulin and glucagon).