MEDICAL
GALLBLADDER AND EXCRETORY SYSTEM OF THE LIVER
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Question
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The food moves to the small intestine, where most digestion takes place. What is the next step?
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The liver secretes a substance called bile, which helps to digest fats. It breaks down harmful substances and stores vitamins.
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Acid enzymes in the stomach break down food until it looks like a thin soup, a mixture called chyme.
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Bile is sent back to the gallbladder, where it is stored until it is needed in the small intestines.
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The processes of digestion include six activities: ingestion, propulsion, mechanical or physical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption, and defecation.
Detailed explanation-2: -After food leaves your small intestine, contractions push any food that remains in your digestive tract into your large intestine. Water, minerals, and any nutrients are then absorbed from your food. The leftover waste is formed into a bowel movement.
Detailed explanation-3: -The digestive processes are ingestion, propulsion, mechanical digestion, chemical digestion, absorption, and defecation. Some chemical digestion occurs in the mouth. Some absorption can occur in the mouth and stomach, for example, alcohol and aspirin.
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