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It breaks down fat, sugar, and any hard substances in the stomach and intestines. It emulsifies fats. That makes it easier for them to be digested and absorbed.
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∙ 15y agoBile emulsifies fats to provide a greater suface area for enzymes to work on. This increases the rate at which lipids are broken down and digested.
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∙ 13y agoit breaks down the fat in the food
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What digestive juices in small intestine help break the food?
bile
What juices from the pancreas help digest food in the small intestine?
Liver.
What does the liver do while food is in the small intestine?
It makes bile, an acid that breaks down your food.
What is cattle and sheep bile used for?
Bile in the liver of cattle and sheep serves as an aid in digestion. The food in the small intestine are broken down by the bile.
Small intestine where bile and other enzymes mix with the food as it comes out of the stomach?
the Duodenum
What is the first part of the small intestine where bile and enzymes mix with the food as it comes out of the stomach?
the duodenum
What are the three fluids that mix with food in the small intestine?
Pancreatic enzymes, bile, and sodium bicaronate.
Does small intestine receive bile and enzymes from other organs?
only liver produces bile small intestine cannot produce bile. shruti kukreti 8 d rajpal school
What takes food to the small intestine from the stomach?
In the small intestine - After being in the stomach, food enters the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. It then enters the jejunum and then the ileum (the final part of the small intestine). In the small intestine, bile (produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder), pancreatic enzymes, and other digestive enzymes produced by the inner wall of the small intestine help in the breakdown of food.
Where is the bile stored and secreted from?
The bile is secreted in the liver and then stored in the gall bladder. When the pancreatic juice is secreted by the pancreas, it gets mixed with the bile juice and some intestinal juice which helps in the digestion in the intestine.
Is bile a chemical secreted by small intestine?
Bile is secreted by the liver.
What stores and secretes bile into the small intestine?
The liver secretes bile. The gallbladder stores it and sends it to the small intestine.
