{"id":836,"date":"2010-05-02T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T23:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=836"},"modified":"2010-05-06T14:00:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T01:00:40","slug":"bile-and-pancreatic-juice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=836","title":{"rendered":"Bile and Pancreatic juice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the contents of the stomach become thoroughly liquefied, they pass into the\u00a0<strong>duodenum<\/strong>(Small intestine). Duodenum is the\u00a0first segment (about 10 inches long) of the small intestine.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">Two ducts enter the duodenum:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>one draining the gall bladder and hence the\u00a0<strong>liver<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>the other draining the exocrine portion of the\u00a0<strong>pancreas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">Bile<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>pH 7.6<\/li>\n<li>bile acid: large globules of fat (liquid at body temperature) are emulsified into tiny droplets (about 1 \u00b5m in diameter) that can be more easily digested and absorbed.<\/li>\n<li>Bile contains the products of the breakdown of hemoglobin removed by the liver from old\u00a0red blood cells. The brownish\/greenish color of the bile pigments imparts the characteristic brown color of the faeces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #33cccc\">Pancreatic juice<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The pancreas consists of clusters if endocrine cells and exocrine cells whose secretions drain into the duodenum.<\/li>\n<li>Contains:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>sodium bicarbonate<\/strong> (NaHCO<sub>3<\/sub>): This neutralizes the acidity of the fluid arriving from the stomach raising its pH to about 8.<\/li>\n<li>pancreatic\u00a0<strong>amylase:<\/strong> This enzyme hydrolyzes\u00a0starch into a mixture of\u00a0maltose and glucose.<\/li>\n<li>pancreatic<strong> lipase:<\/strong> The enzyme hydrolyzes ingested fats into a mixture of\u00a0fatty acids and\u00a0monoglycerols. Its action is enhanced by the detergent effect of bile.<\/li>\n<li><strong>trypsin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the contents of the stomach become thoroughly liquefied, they pass into the\u00a0duodenum(Small intestine). Duodenum is the\u00a0first segment (about 10 inches long) of the small intestine. Two ducts enter the duodenum: one draining the gall bladder and hence the\u00a0liver the other draining the exocrine portion of the\u00a0pancreas. Bile pH 7.6 bile acid: large globules of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/?p=836\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bile and Pancreatic juice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1509,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Bile and Pancreatic juice - science4all","description":"As the contents of the stomach become thoroughly liquefied, they pass into the\u00a0 duodenum (Small intestine). Duodenum is the\u00a0first segment (about 10 inches long)"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[6308,6306,6307],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gcse-biology-cie","category-year10-science","category-year9-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":844,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/science4all.blogtown.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}