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Functions of Bile juice
Bile juice reduces acidity of chyme. The food coming from the stomach has to be made alkaline for the pancreatic enzymes on act on them.
It kills the germs and bacteria which are present in food.
It helps in emulsificaton of fats. In emulsification, fat molecules are broken down mechanically into smaller droplets so that the enzymes responsible for their breakdown can act on them easily.
How Bile emulsifies fats
Bile is alkaline solution. Its molecules have dual nature (one end is attracted to water molecule while other is attracted to fat molecule). Thus its molecules remain in between water molecules and fat molecules (emulsification process).
If bile molecules were not present between fats and water, the fat molecules would be repelled by water molecules and be attracted to each other. The fat molecules would merge together because fats are insoluble in water. The merged fats would not be easily broken down with lipase (fat digesting enzyme).
So bile attracts the fat molecules and separate them from each other. It makes the fat digestion easier.
Bile is a yellowish substance made in the liver, stored in the gallbladder and is released when fatty food moves from the stomach into the duodenum of the small intestine.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 12y agoBile salts are produced in the liver. They act on fats, helping to emulsify them, making them into smaller globules so that they're easier to digest.
NOTE: Bile contains NO enzymes - it acts to neutralise the acids mixture from the stomach.
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∙ 16y agoBile has the function of emusification,which acts as a soap,can break fat into small fat droplets.
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∙ 11y agoBile salts help neutralize the acidic chyme from the stomach. They also help provide an alkaline medium for enzyme action in the duodenum.
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∙ 10y agoBile causes further mechanical digestion by breaking apart large drops of fat into smaller droplets. So basically, bile breaks down fat.
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∙ 12y agoThe function of bile is to emulsify fats, which means to break them down so that they can be absorbed in the body.
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∙ 10y agoBile salts help in the digestion of fats not salts.
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