How does the liver function in related to the digestive system?
1 Answer
Liver supplies emulsifying bile juice to duodenum.
Explanation:
Liver is a very important organ. It prduces bile juice which is not enzymatic but there are bile salts present in the juice. The juice is temporarily stored in a small sac like organ called gall bladder .
As the half digested food (chyme ) enters duodenum from stomach, the gall bladder is given signal to contract. Bile is thus poured in duodenal cavity through duct.
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Bile salts present in the juice acts as emulsifier on dietary fat globules which has reached duodenum with chyme. Large fat droplets are transformed into microscopic aggregates called micelle. Fat digesting enzymes (lipases) can now act on large fat molecules and break them into absorbable smaller molecules (glycerol and fatty acids).
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