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Gastrointestinal Physiology
| Section IV. Transport and Metabolic Functions of the Liver > |
Chapter 11. Bile Formation and Secretion
Sections: Objectives, Basic Principles of Biliary Excretion and Secretion, Bile Acid Metabolism, Bile Composition, Enterohepatic Circulation of Bile Acids, Pathophysiology and Clinical Correlates, Key Concepts, Study Questions, Study Question Answers, Suggested Readings.
Topics Discussed: bile fluid; bile formation; bile secretion.
Excerpt: | |  Understand the physiologic functions of bile
as a route for excretion and in aiding in the digestion and absorption
of dietary lipids
Understand how bile acids are formed from cholesterol,how they
are modified during gut passage, and their role in driving bile
secretion Describe the major biliary lipids and how they are transported
into the canaliculus Describe how the composition of bile is modified as the bile
moves through the biliary ductules | | Define the cellular transport mechanisms that render bile
alkaline |
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