Bile!
This organ produces bile.
What is the liver?
Most of bile consists of this substance.
What is water?
Accumulation of unconjugated bilirubin can lead to this yellow discoloration condition.
What is jaundice?
These ducts drain bile from the liver.
What are the right and left hepatic ducts?
Bile helps digest and absorb this nutrient group.
What are fats (lipids)?
These are the key functional components responsible for emulsifying fats.
What are bile salts (or bile acids)?
These structures formed by conjugated bile acids help absorb fats.
What are micelles?
This duct forms when the right and left hepatic ducts join together.
What is the common hepatic duct?
Bilirubin is formed from the breakdown of these cells.
What are old red blood cells?
This phospholipid is the major phospholipid found in bile.
What is lecithin?
Conjugated bilirubin can now be excreted through this body system.
What is the gastrointestinal tract)?
Fatty stools caused by impaired fat absorption are called this.
What is steatorrhea?
This duct connects the gallbladder to the biliary tree.
What is the cystic duct?
The digestive fluid that carries bilirubin out of the body is called this.
What is bile?
Name two electrolytes commonly found in bile.
What is sodium/potassium/chloride/bicarbonate?
Damage to these liver cells may impair conjugation.
What are hepatocytes?
This structure stores bile between meals.
What is the gallbladder?
Bile salts aid digestion by performing this process on fats.
What is emulsification?
This form of bilirubin is normally found in bile after liver processing.
What is conjugated bilirubin?
Conjugation makes bile acids more ____ soluble.
What is water-soluble?
Poor bile acid conjugation may cause deficiencies in these vitamins.
What are fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K)?
This duct carries bile into the duodenum.
What is the common bile duct?