Question

Raj, a 50 year old man , was complaining of pain in the abdominal area for the last few days. An ultrasound scan was performed on him, it showed the presence of stones in the sac-like organ,
located below the liver. The doctors performed a key-hole surgery on Raj, and removed the
sac-like organ along with the stones from his body.
(a) Name the sac-like organ and the liquid that it contains.
(b) What is the function of the liquid in the sac-like organ?
(i) to digest starch
(ii) emulsification of fats
(iii) provide immunity
(iv) protein digestion



(c) This liquid makes the partially digested food from the stomach alkaline
(i) to digest the fats in the food
(ii) to breakdown the food easily
(iii) to kill the bacteria in the food
(iv) for the pancreatic enzyme to act on the food
(d) What advice is given to Raj, regarding his diet?

Answer 1

(a) The sac-like organ is the gall bladder. It stores the bile juice.
(b) ii. Emulsification of fats
(c) to digest fats in the food
(d) He should eat less of calcium containing foods.

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