Question

How does bile help in the digestion of fats?

Answer 1

• Bile is a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.
• Bile juice has bile salts such as bilirubin and biliverdin.
• These break down large fat globules into smaller globules so that the pancreatic enzymes can easily act on them. This process is known as emulsification of fats.
• Bile juice also makes the medium alkaline and activates lipase.