Digestion:liver

Question 1

What does the gallbladder contract in response to?

Answer 1

to the presence of Cholecystokinin in the intestinal phase of digestion.

Question 2

What happens when it contracts?

Answer 2

bile and pancreatic juices are secreted from the Gallbladder and the pancreas into the duodenum.

Question 3

Where is bile secreted by the liver is stored?

Answer 3

In the gallbladder

Question 4

What is the pH of the bile?

Answer 4

8

Question 5

What does the bile consist of?

Answer 5

. It consists of Water, Mineral salts, mucous, bile salts, bile pigments (bilirubin) and cholesterol.

Question 6

What is the bile functions?

Answer 6

emulsifies fats in the small intestine

Question 7

What does the bile make cholesterol and fatty acids?

Answer 7

soluble enabling their absorption along with fat soluble vitamins and bile salts

Question 8

What does the bile facilitate

Answer 8

the excretion of bilirubin (a waste product from the breaking down of red-blood cells).