Accessory Organs of Digestion

Question 1

Acinar cells

Answer 1

these pancreatic cells produce pancreatic juices that contain bicarbonate, pancreatic amylase, pancreatic peptidases (trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, carboxypeptidases A and B) and pancreatic lipase

Question 2

what does the liver synthesize?

Answer 2

it synthesizes bile, which can be stored in the gallbladder or secreted into the duodenum directly

Question 3

what does bile do?

Answer 3

it emulsifies fats, making them soluble and increasing their surface area

Question 4

what are the main components of bile?

Answer 4

bile salts, pigments (especially bilirubin from the breakdown of hemoglobin), and cholesterol

Question 5

what else does the liver do?

Answer 5

it processes nutrients (through glycogenesis and glycogenolysis, storage and mobilization of fats, and gluconeogenesis), produces bile, and synthesizes albumin, and clotting factors

Question 6

what does the gallbladder do?

Answer 6

stores and concentrates bile