Functions
Bile acts to:
- excrete:
- bile pigments
- cholesterol
- lecithin
- certain drugs and hormones after modification by the liver
- aid absorption of lipids via bile salt formation of micelles within the duodenum; this permits a greater surface area over which lipases may act
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