Q9.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, 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 digestion of that of other nutrients?
(d) Where is the digestion of fat completed?
(e) Does bile juice digest fat completely?
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a) Liver secretes bile juice
b) Digestion of fats is difficult as fats digestive enzyme lipase cannot act over large fat globules. The large fat globules needs to be broken down into smaller globules by the process of emulsification. It occurs with the help of bile salts, inside small intestine during digestion. This is the reason why digestion of fats is difficult as compared to other nutrient.
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a) Liver secretes bile juice
b) Digestion of fats is difficult as fats digestive enzyme lipase cannot act over large fat globules. The large fat globules needs to be broken down into smaller globules by the process of emulsification. It occurs with the help of bile salts, inside small intestine during digestion. This is the reason why digestion of fats is difficult as compared to other nutrient.
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