ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the role of bile?
A
Bile helps in digestion of fats.
B
Bile helps our body to fight disease.
C
Bile helps in elimination of water during digestion.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bile is a fluid that is made and released by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Bile helps with digestion. It breaks down fats into fatty acids, which can be taken into the body by the digestive tract.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bile contains bilirubin and biliverdin which help emulsify and break down large fat molecules into smaller droplets. Bile functions as a solvent and thus provides the medium for the interaction of fats with enzymes. The fat globules are then processed by pancreatic enzymes for complete digestion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Liver secretes bile, a greenish-yellow fluid that helps in breaking down large globules of fats into smaller droplets for chemical digestion. The liver also helps in regulating the blood-sugar level, and in controlling the transport and storage of carbohydrates.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bile salts helps in emulsification of fats, i.e., breaking down of the large fat droplets into very small micelles. Bile also activates lipase enzymes, which digests fats.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bile juice emulsifies fats and breaks them down into small particles. This is a detergent-like action of bile that helps the body to absorb the broken-down fat products in the gut. In connection with this, bile salts bind with lipids to form micelles. This is then absorbed through the intestinal mucosa.

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