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Your liver produces bile, which is stored in the gall bladder until it's triggered by eating foods that contain fat. Bile is then released into the small intestine where it works like a detergent to emulsify the fats into smaller droplets. This makes it easier for pancreatic lipase to break down the fat. If people who don't have a gall bladder eat a lot of fatty foods, the fat isn't digested and acts as a laxative.
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∙ 12y agoIt is the digested food so the digestive enzymes are broken down when they are in the small intestine.
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What is the digestive juice which has no enzymes?
Bile. It's produced in the Gall Bladder and is made of dead red blood cells. It emulsifies fat.
What enzyme is present in bile juice?
No, there are no enzymes in bile.
Digestive enzymes are produce in the liver?
bile
What digestive juice does the liver add to the digestive system?
Bile
What is the digestive juice excreted from the liver?
Bile
Does the liver store digestive juices?
No, the liver does not store digestive juices. That would be the pancrease. HOWEVER, the liver does synthesize bile. This is not a digestive juice, but it does emulsify fat. Basically, this means that it breaks it down so that the surface area of the fact increases, exposing more of the fat to the enzymes. This will enable the enzymes to operate more efficiently. However, bile is not stored in the liver, it is only synthesized there. Bile is stored in the gallbladder.
What is a juice containing digestive enzymes?
Orange juice
What digestive juice from the liver helps to adsorb fats in the bloodstream?
Bile is the digestive juice from your liver. Bile salts break down fat. Hope this helps :)
What are the two glands that secrete digestive enzymes into the first part of the small intestine?
liver produces BILE and pancreas acts as an exocrine gland by producing pancreatic juice
Digestive juices in the digestive tract include?
Mechanical digestion is the same thing as chewing, or mastication. It does not need any digestive juices, because that is considered chemical digestion. Chemical digestion in the mouth during chewing is mainly by the aid of saliva which has, among other enzymes, salivary amylase which initiates carbohydrate digestion.
Why do you break down proteins in the digestive system?
bile juice from liver
How do the accessory organ aid digestion?
In addition to the alimentary canal, vertebrate digestive systems include the following accessory organs: The liver secretes a substance called bile into the gallbladder, where it is stored for eventual use in digestion. Bile is a fluid mixture composed of bile pigment and bile salt. Bile pigment is a waste product resulting from destroyed red blood cells. Bile salt plays an important role in preparing fats for digestion. The gallbladder stores and concentrates bile secreted by the liver. Fatty food in the small intestine triggers contractions in the gallbladder, releasing bile into the bile duct, which transports it into the small intestine. The pancreas produces a fluid mixture, called pancreatic juice, composed of digestive enzymes and a bicarbonate buffer, which balances the pH levels in the digestive tract. The pancreas secretes pancreatic juice containing digestive enzymes into the small intestine, where it is used to break down proteins, starches, and fats.
