What is the gallbladders job in digestion?

Answer 1

The gall bladder stores and concentrates bile from the liver, and releases into the small intestine (duodenum) to further digest food there.

The gallbladder stores about 50ml of bile (1.7 US fluid ounces.), which is released when food containing fat enters the digestive tract, stimulating the secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK). The bile, produced in the liver, emulsifies (breaks down) fats and neutralizes acids in partly digested food.

After being stored in the gallbladder, the bile becomes more concentrated than when it left the liver, increasing its potency and intensifying its effect on fats. Most digestion occurs in the upper intestine, or, the duodenum, where the bile is released. Small sac that stores bile.

Answer 2

The function of the gallbladder is to store and concentrate bile secreted by the liver. When fatty foods enter the duodenum, a hormone (CCK) is released that stimulates the gallbladder to contract sending the concentrated bile down into the duodenum.

Answer 3

It holds bile made by the liver. The bile helps fat in the digestion system to be digested. It causes the fat to become emulsified by increasing the surface area so that lipases can break the fat down.

Answer 4

Controls the amount of fat used and storeded in the body.

Answer 5

The gallbladder stores and concentrates bile, and then releases it into the duodenum to help absorb and digest fats.

Answer 6

Yes, bile is a substance that aids the digestive process of food that has entered the small intestine. Specifically bile aids in the digestion of lipids (fats).

Answer 7

It provides the bile which is needed for efficient digestion (although one can live without a gallbladder).

Answer 8

It stores and concetrates bile

Answer 9

It releases bile which emulsifies fat.