Digestive Secretions and Functions of the Liver, Gallbladder, Pancreas

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Digestive Secretions and Functions of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas
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Digestive Secretions and Functions of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas
(1)RESEARCH Background The liver, gallbladder, and pancreas are accessory organs or structures of the digestive system.LiverThe liver is the largest gland in the body and the reddish-brown gland is in the diaphragm region and has four lobes.Digestive Secretions: The liver secretes bileFunctions: The liver performs various metabolic roles and the digestive function is secreting bile and bile emulsifies fats breaking them into smaller particles to enhance efficient lipase activity. The main pigment in bile is bilirubin and is based on the disintegration of hemoglobin (Saladin Gan & Cushman, 2018).GallbladderThe green sac is a green sac on the surface of the liverDigestive Secretions: The gallbladder secrets mucus, but in small quantities.Functions: The gallbladder stores bile until when needed in the digestive process and in the gallbladder. Bile’s concentration increases thro...