The bile juice is not a digestive juice.Then why is it necessary for digestion?

The bile juice is not a digestive juice.Then why is it necessary for digestion? Correct Answer All the above functions

The correct answer is All the above functions.

  • Bile juice is a digestive juice secreted by the liver.
  • Bile juice consists of bilirubin and biliverdin, bile salts, and cholesterol.
  • Bile juice helps in the emulsification of fat.
    • Bile juice breaks down large fat globules into smaller globules so that the pancreatic enzymes can easily act on them.
  • Bile juice gives an alkaline medium.
    •  It makes the food alkaline so that pancreatic enzymes can act on it as it requires alkaline or basic medium and intestinal enzymes in the small intestine.
  • It activates the digestive enzymes.
  • Fats are broken down by lipases with the help of bile into di-and monoglycerides.
  • Jaundice is due to the deposition of bile pigments.

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