Name the juice produced by liver. How does it help in digestion of fats?

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The liver cells produce the bile juice. There are bile salts which are responsible for the emulsification of the fats. The emulsified fats are broken down into smaller fat globules. These globules are broken down to form the glycerol and fatty acids by the enzyme lipase which is present in the intestinal juice. Thus, the bile juice helps in the process of digestion of fats.

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Q. Assertion :Liver secretes bile juice that does not contain enzymes but helps in digestion Reason: Bile carries out emulsification of fats and provide alkaline medium for activity of other enzymes

Q. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it. Bile juice is stored in a sac called, gallbladder, located near its organ of secretion, the liver. The gallbladder releases the bile juice into the small intestine whenever food reaches there. Though bile juice is devoid of any digestive enzymes, it is required for the digestion of fats. The fats cannot be digested easily because they are insoluble in water and are present as large globules. Bile juice breaks down big fat droplets into smaller droplets. These are then easily digested by the enzymes released from the pancreas.

(a) Which organ secretes the bile juice?
(b) Why is digestion of fats difficult as compared to that of other nutrients?
(c) How does bile juice help in the digestion of fat?
(d) Where is the digestion of fat completed?
(e) Does bile juice digest fat completely?

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows it.

Bile juice is stored in a sac called the gall bladder, located near its organ of secretion that is the liver. The gall bladder releases the bile juice into the small intestine whenever food reaches there. Though bile juice is devoid of any digestive enzymes, it is required for the digestion of fats. The fats cannot be digested easily because they are insoluble in water and are present as large globules. Bile juice breaks down big fat droplets into smaller droplets. These are then easily digested by the enzymes released by the pancreas.

(a) Which organ secretes the bile juice?

(b) Why is digestion of fats difficult as compared to that of other nutrients?

(d) Where is the digestion of fat completed?

(e) Does bile juice digest fat completely?

The liver secretes bile juice that takes part in the digestion of fats.

Digestion of fats results in the formation of which substance?

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