Question

The ingestion of a meal high in fat content would cause which of the following to occur? A. This type of food would cause secretion of gastrin to cease, causing digestive upset. B. Bile would be released from the gallbladder to emulsify the fat in the duodenum. C. Severe indigestion would occur, caused by the lack of sufficient digestive enzymes. D. The acid secretions from the stomach would be sufficient to digest this food.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Bile would be released from the gallbladder to emulsify the fat in the duodenum

Explanation:

Bile juice is secreted by the liver but is stored in the gallbladder. It is released from the gallbladder into the duodenum of the small intestine when the fat-rich food is ingested.  

Bile juice serves to breakdown the large globules of fats into smaller droplets to facilitate its chemical digestion by lipase enzyme. This process is called emulsification. Hence, the intake of fat-rich food makes gallbladder to release bile juice in the small intestine to carry out the emulsification of fats.