Bile juice is stored in a sac called, gall bladder, located near its organ of secretion, liver. The gall bladder releases the bile juice into the small intestine whenever food reaches there. Though bile juice is devoid of any digestive
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The bile juice produced by the liver is stored in the gall bladder till the food reaches in the small intestine.
When the food reaches the duodenum that is the initial part of the small intestine, the bile juice from the liver and the pancreatic juice from the pancreas is mixed with the food.
Your question says that the bile does not contain any digestive enzyme, then how is it able to help in the digestion of the food and why is it important to the digestion process.
The answer to this question is that the bile juice produced by the liver does not contribute in digesting food, rather than, it makes the acidic medium of the food that comes to the small intestine, alkaline so that the walls of the small intestine is safe.
By making it alkaline, it also helps in the digestion of food because the enzymes in the pancreatic juice need an alkaline medium to digest the food.
Hence, bile juice is really important for digestion.
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Explanation:
The bile juice that is secreted is stored in this sac