Chapter 3 (page 17)

Question 1

It plays a role in mechanical digestion of lipids due to bile.

Answer 1

Liver

Question 2

Approximately _____________ of bile is produced everyday.

Answer 2

500ml to 1000 ml

Question 3

What the bile does?

Answer 3

Bile breaks down large fat globules

into smaller droplets of fat.

Question 4

Bile entering the bile ducts eventually leaves the liver via ____________ the to travel
towards the __________ .

Answer 4

common Hepatic duct

duodenum

Question 5

It is a yellow-green alkaline solution composed of bile salts, bile pigments, cholesterol, neutral fats, phospholipids, and electrolytes.

Answer 5

Bile

Question 6

___________ Primarily composed of cholic acid, which is a derivative of cholesterol.They emulsify fats; they facilitate fat and cholesterol absorption.

Answer 6

Bile salts

Question 7

Bile salts get reabsorbed by the ___________ then return to the ______ and get re-secreted in newly formed bile.

Answer 7

distal small intestine

liver

Question 8

What are examples of substances being metabolized by the liver?

Answer 8

Protein and fat

Question 9

What does the liver perform by maintaining normal blood glucose levels?

Answer 9

complex chemical reactions.

Question 10

Protein compounds are synthesized in liver. These proteins are then released into the blood and are called __________ or _________ (help in blood clotting/maintaining normal blood levels).

Answer 10

blood proteins

plasma proteins

Question 11

__________ detoxify poisonous substances in blood such as bacteria products and certain drugs.

Answer 11

Liver cells

Question 12

_________ - The liver can store many substances for later use like iron and vitamins A and D.

Answer 12

Storage

Question 13

After the liver detoxified chemicals, including alcohol, beer, wine and drugs. how does the body eliminate the detoxified chemicals?

Answer 13

By urination

Question 14

The converted substances from the liver is then brought to what organ:

Answer 14

The kidneys

Question 15

True or False. The liver does the following:

A.Filters out waste produced by the body.
B.Make clotting factors that stop the bleeding when you cut yourself.
C.And literally hundreds of other functions.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

____________ is a thin walled, green muscular sac approximately 10 cm long. It stores bile that is not immediately needed for digestion and concentrates it by absorbing some of its water and ions.

Answer 16

Gallbladder

Question 17

How concentrated is the bile that is being released from the gallbladder?

Answer 17

10x more concentrated than usually.

Question 18

Describe the mucosa lining of the Gallbladder:

Answer 18

The mucosa lining of the gallbladder resembles rugae in stomach. It can fold in on itself when little or no bile is in it. When it is filled, the mucosa can expand.

Question 19

What happens when the gallbladder’s muscular wall contracts?

Answer 19

bile is expelled into its duct (cystic duct) then flows into the bile duct.