Question

Explain only the role of liver and small intestine in digestion of food. [4 mark question]​

Answer 1

An organ with many functions, your liver's two main responsibilities in the process of digestion are to make and secrete bile and to process and purify the blood containing newly absorbed nutrients that are coming from the small intestine.

Answer 2

The liver has many functions, but its main job within the digestive system is to process the nutrients absorbed from the small intestine. Bile from the liver secreted into the small intestine also plays an important role in digesting fat and some vitamins.