Where is bile located?

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Bile:
The liver produces and secretes a fluid called bile, which is then kept in the gallbladder.
Digestion is aided by bile.
It breaks down lipids into fatty acids, which may be absorbed into the body through the digestive tract.
Water, electrolytes, and a variety of organic compounds, including bile acids, cholesterol, phospholipids, and bilirubin, are all present in the bile juice.

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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.

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(d) Where is the digestion of fat completed?

(e) Does bile juice digest fat completely?

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