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Bile is produced in the liver and helps to digest fat in the human body. Once produced, bile is stored in the gallbladder and is discharged into the duodenum when a person eats.
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∙ 10y agoBile salts help to make fats much smaller in size so the fats is easier to digest.
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Do bile salts produce lipids?
No, bile salts emulsify lipids to aid in their digestion.
Why is bile important?
bile salts in bile speed up fat digestion
What is essential for the digestion of fats?
Bile Salts.
Bile salts aid in the absorption of what?
fats
What is the major role of absorption in the illeum?
The function of the ileum is mainly to absorb vitamin B12 and bile salts and whatever products of digestion were not absorbed by the jejunum.
What occurs in the stomach although it is responsible for very little digestion?
Although the stomach is responsible for digestion, very little absorption happens in it. Instead, the stomach is more like a washing machine; it agitates foodstuffs. It stirs up ground up food (mechanical digestion from teeth / gums occurs in the mouth), with stomach acids in the stomach and bile salts from the gallbladder assisting in chemical digestion.
What kind of nutritional substance is broken down by bile?
The answer is bile salts. You have sodium taurocholate and sodium glaucocholate as bile salts. They do emulsification of the fat. That helps in fat digestion.
What emulsifies fats to make digestion easier that is produced by the liver?
bile salts
Bile salts prepare lipids for digestion by what process?
Emulsification
A substance that increases the solubility of fats to facilitate their digestion and absorption is?
Bile
Why fatty stools results from the absence of bile or pancreatic juice?
Bile salts emulsify fats, causing breakdown of triglycerides and chylomicrons in the small intestine allowing for their absorption. Pancreatic juice contains lipase which is the enzyme responsible for fat digestion. A deficiency of either (e.g. cystic fibrosis) can cause steatorrhoea (or fatty stools)
What is liver specialization?
liver is responsible for making bile . Bile is a greenish bitter digestive liquid that contains bile salts and bile pigments. Bile salts consist of death enthrocytes, RBC's- Biliverdin and Bilirubin. Bile pigments are responsible for the emulsification of fats.
