Question

The bile helps in the breakdown of ____

Answer 1

Answer:

fats

Explanation:

it breaks down fats into fatty acids

Answer 2

Explanation:

Bile is alkaline, and contains salt which help to emulsify or break the fats (or lipids) present in food.

Additional information :-

• Liver is the largest gland of the body.
• Liver secretes bile.
• Bile is a greenish yellow liquid made in the liver which is normally stored in the gall bladder.

Bile performs two functions :

• makes the acidic food coming from stomach alkaline so that pancreatic enzymes can act on it.
• bile salts break the fats present in the food into small globules making it easy for the enzymes to act and digest them.

Bile pigments :

• Bilirubin
• Biliverdin