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It is a form of physical (mechanical) digestion. No chemical reaction is taking place (ie. change in type of molecules). The bile simply breaks the lipids up into smaller globules to increase surface area.

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What thing help in emulsification of fats?

In the small intestine of digestive system the lipids are emulsified by the action of bile from liver.


Is bile used for chemical or mechanical digestion?

it is use for chemical digestion as it emulsifies fats.


Is the bile duct involved directly or indirectly in mechanical or chemical digestion?

Indirectly in chemical digestion by the release of stored bile into the small intestine. The bile then emulsfies fats.


Is bile a physical or chemical reaction?

The process of bile is a physical one because it does not contain any enzymes that breaks down any fats. Lipase is the enzyme that breaks down fats but bile is only an emulsifier, which is a physical process, that combines bile with the fats.


What is bile responsible for?

Bile is secretory as well as excretory product of liver. It secretes bile salts and excretes bile pigments. Bile salts (Sodium glaucocolate and Sodium taurocholate.) are responsible for emulsification of fats (makes very small droplets of fat.) witch greatly increase the surface area of fat and hasten action of pancreatic lipase on it.


What bile digest?

Fats


What happens in digestion when bile duct is blocked?

if bile duct is completely blocked then the bile juice and bile salt will not be secreted and the digestion of fats will not be done. the food coming from the stomach is acidic and has to be made alkaline for the pancreatic enzymes to act. bile juice from liver accomplishes this in addition to acting on fats. fats are present in the intestine in the form of large globule which makes it difficult for enzymes to act on them. bile salts break them down into smaller globules increasing the efficiency of enzyme action. alll this cannot take place if the bile duct is blocked.


What is the chemical action of the liver?

bile is produced by the liver to help break down fats


What makes bile to help break up fats?

you liver makes up bile which helps break down fats.


What do chewing and the action of bile have in common in the digestive system?

They both break down a certain thing. Bile breaks down fats while chewing breaks down carbohydrates in simple sugar


Is bile are not digested?

BILE is digested. BILE gives the color to your feces. It helps to break down fats.


Why must gallbladder release bile?

Bile contains bile slats that help in the process of emulsification of fats without which fats cannot be digested. emulsification of fats also increases the surface area of the fat malecules for lipase to act on.