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note: The liver does not digest fats at all. The stomach will digest the fats. Livers only filter the fatty acids left over by the fat. Stomachs digest fats with an acid called Gastric acid.
Gastric acid is a digestive fluid, formed in the stomach. It has a pH of 1.5 to 3.5 and is composed of hydrochloric acid (HCl) (around 0.5%, or 5000 parts per million), and large quantities of potassium chloride (KCl) and sodium chloride (NaCl). The acid plays a key role in digestion of proteins, by activating digestive enzymes, and making ingested proteins unravel so that digestive enzymes can break down the long chains of amino acids.
Gastric acid is produced by cells lining the stomach, which are coupled to systems to increase acid production when needed. Other cells in the stomach produce bicarbonate, a base, to buffer the fluid, ensuring that it does not become too acidic. These cells also produce mucus, which forms a viscous physical barrier to prevent gastric acid from damaging the stomach. Cells in the beginning of the small intestine, or duodenum, further produce large amounts of bicarbonate to completely neutralize any gastric acid that passes further down into the digestive tract. Bolus (masticated food) enters the stomach through the oesophagus via the oesophageal sphincter. The stomach releases proteases (protein-digesting enzymes such as pepsin) and hydrochloric acid, which kills or inhibits bacteria and provides the acidic pH of two for the proteases to work. Food is churned by the stomach through muscular contractions of the wall -- reducing the volume of the fundus, before looping around the fundus[3] and the body of stomach as the boluses are converted into chyme (partially digested food). Chyme slowly passes through the pyloric sphincter and into the duodenum, where the extraction of nutrients begins. Depending on the quantity and contents of the meal, the stomach will digest the food into chyme anywhere between forty minutes and a few hours.
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∙ 13y agoBile is released by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and secreted into the upper small intestine to emulsify fats. However, liver does not digest fats. Bile is released to help the digestion of fat by dividing it into globules, but it is the work of the small intestine that digests fat via lacteal.
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∙ 13y agoBile juice is released by liver.
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Which organs help digest fats?
The liver secretes bile which helps in fat absorption.
What is a liquid producuced by the liver that helps digest fats?
Bile
A liquid produced by the liver that helps digest fats?
bile
A liquid produced by the liver to digest fats?
This liquid is called "bile".
Does the small intestine digest fat?
Yes, the gallbladder and liver secrete bile into the small intestine to digest fats.
In what does the liquids from the pancreas and liver help to digest fats and carbohydrates?
by the flowering plant
What is the function of liver in a pig?
To help the stomach digest starch and lipids (or fats).
Explain why a person without a gallbladder is unable to digest fats as efficiently as someone who has a gallbladder?
Because of the liver
The and the liver send fluids to the small intestine that helps in digestion?
The pancreas, liver, and gallbladder all secrete substances which help digest food in the small intestine. These liquids can digest fats, carbohydrates and proteins.
Which organ produces bile to break down fats so they can be absorbed and used by the body?
The liver is the organ the makes the liquid bile. It helps digest fats and lipids.
Bile salts are responsible for the digestion and absorption of?
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.
Organ that uses bile to help us digest oils?
The gallbladder is the organ that helps people to digest fats and oils. The liver makes bile, which is then stored in the gallbladder until it's needed for the digestion of fats. The gallbladder is a pear-shaped organ.
