Bile and the liver

Question 1

What is the role of the liver?

Answer 1

.digestion
.processing food molecules that have been absorbed

Question 2

What does the liver produce?

Answer 2

Bile

Question 3

Where is bile stored?

Answer 3

gall bladder.

Question 4

Wheres is bile released into?

Answer 4

the small intestine

Question 5

Why is bile necessary?

Answer 5

It emulsifies fats so that the lipase have a much larger surface area to work on increasing the rate of reaction
.it also contains hydrocarbonate (it’s alkaline) so it neutralises the stomach acid/ substances coming from the stomach and produces the optimum pH for the enzymes in the small intestine
.means food is digested more efficiently