what is bile juice??
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Bile is a digestive juice made by the liver and stored in the gall bladder.
It is used up in the small intestine to emulsify fat during digestion.
It is used up in the small intestine to emulsify fat during digestion.
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* Liver is the largest gland in the body, which is located in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity.
* It is dark red and spongy in colour.
* Liver consists of two loves namely; right lobe and left lobe. The right lobe is larger and left lobe is smaller.
* A thin sac; called gall bladder is present in the lower side of right lobe.
→ Liver secretes the Bile Juice .
→ The gall bladder stores and concentrates the bile secreted by liver.
→ It is a yellow-green fluid.
→ Bile is carried from the liver by the bile duct.
→ Bile Juice mainly consists of bile pigments, water, cholesterol, bile salts like; sodium glycocholate, sodium carbonate and sodium taurocholate but no enzymes.
→ It helps in emulsification of fats, as it breaks down large fat molecules into the smaller one.
→ It helps in digestion of lipids in small intestine.
→ It kills the germs present in food.
→ It also carries excess cholestrol out of the body.
→ It reduces the acidic content of enzyme.
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