Liver's role ?

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What is the liver's role in the distribution of lipids ? please provide reference

2007-05-19 23:52:24 · 2 answers · asked by aShLi 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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The liver produces bile which emulsifies fats. (the bile doesn't exactly digest the fat, it just forms little pockets around it breaking it up into smaller segments...it works very like a soap/detergent). Bile is stored in the gall bladder(a little balloon like bag attached to the liver) then released into the small intestines. Without the bile, fat/lipid removal would be quite challenging within our bodies.

2007-05-20 03:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kinase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Have a read of the wiki page on lipoproteins

2007-05-20 07:23:46 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋