Question

(a) Which organ secretes the bile juice?
(b) Why is digestion of fats difficult as compared to that of other nutrients?
(c) How does bile juice help in digestion of fat?
(d) Where is the digestion of fat completed?
(e) Does bile juice digest fat completely?​

Answer 1

a) liver

b) The reason behind this is insolubility of fat in water. For the digestion of fat, first bile juice is required to dissolve fat and helps its digestion.

c) 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.

d) Small intestine

e) No, bile juice does not digest fat completely. The fat gets converted into fatty acid and glycerol.