Trace bile from source to action.
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Made in the liver → stored in the gall bladder → bile duct → duodenum.
Key words: liver · gall bladder · duodenum
2(e) NUTRITION · RECALL
2.30 Bile production and storage
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What is meant by the term bile?
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An alkaline digestive secretion containing bile salts but no digestive enzymes.
Key words: bile
What is meant by the term liver?
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An organ that produces bile among many metabolic functions.
Key words: liver
What is meant by the term gall bladder?
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A sac that stores and concentrates bile.
Key words: gall bladder
What is meant by the term bile duct?
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A duct carrying bile to the duodenum.
Key words: bile duct
What is meant by the term chyme?
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Partly digested acidic mixture leaving the stomach.
Key words: chyme
Bile pathway, Liver. Role? What does not occur there?
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Role: Produces bile. What does not occur there: Does not store the meal.
Key words: Liver
Bile pathway, Gall bladder. Role? What does not occur there?
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Role: Stores, concentrates and releases bile. What does not occur there: Does not produce bile.
Key words: Gall bladder
Bile pathway, Bile duct. Role? What does not occur there?
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Role: Carries bile. What does not occur there: Does not digest lipid.
Key words: Bile duct
Bile pathway, Duodenum. Role? What does not occur there?
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Role: Receives bile, where it acts on chyme. What does not occur there: Does not produce bile.
Key words: Duodenum
True or false, and why? “The gall bladder makes bile.”
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False. The liver makes bile; the gall bladder stores and concentrates it.
True or false, and why? “Bile travels into the stomach.”
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False. It is released into the duodenum.
True or false, and why? “Bile is a digestive enzyme.”
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False. Bile contains no digestive enzyme.
Is bile acidic or alkaline?
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Alkaline.
Key words: alkaline
Suggest why a person whose gall bladder has been removed is advised to eat low-fat meals.
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Bile is no longer stored and released in a large amount after a meal → less emulsification of a large amount of fat.
Key words: emulsification