NATS 1675 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Bile Acid, Thoracic Cavity, Abdominal Cavity
6 Feb 2018
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Last class: march 30th liver located in the abdominal cavity below diaphragm. Diaphragm, increases thoracic cavity when breathing, helps breathing liver is second largest organ of the body, weighs 1. 4kg. Gland a cell or organ that produces a secretion. Endocrine gland any gland that releases its secretions into the blood which carries the secretion to the target organ. Exocrine gland any gland that secretes its product into a duct leading directly to the target organ. Bile- a solution consisting of water, bile salts, bile pigments, lipids and electrolytes. Bile is necessary for the digestion of fats; however, bile is not a digestive enzyme. Bile stored and concentrated in gall bladder. Liver has many functions only digestion function is the production of bile. Bile salts- are steroid molecules with one end soluble in water (polar end) and the other end soluble in fat (nonpolar end).
