alleryStart learning →What does the gallbladder do with the bile the liver makes?
AIt makes bile salts from cholesterol
BIt breaks it down into bilirubin
CIt stores, concentrates, and releases it
DIt neutralizes it with bicarbonate
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. It stores, concentrates, and releases it
1. Three accessory organs serve chemical digestion in the small intestine: liver, pancreas and gallbladder.
2. The liver produces bile, and the gallbladder stores, concentrates and releases it.
3. Its mucosa concentrates bile by absorbing water and ions, by up to ten times.
4. Producing bile is the liver's job and supplying bicarbonate is the pancreas's job, so those options misassign organs.
_Source: OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology (CC BY 4.0), Ch 23 "The Digestive System", section 23.6 Accessory Organs in Digestion: The Liver, Pancreas, and Gallbladder_
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