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Emulsification by Bile Salts

-Bile salts are synthesized in the liver using

cholesterol and regulated by bacteria
Stored in the gall bladder.

-Once secreted into the duodenum the bile
salts surround the fat and break it into
smaller droplets.

-Surrounding the smaller droplets prevents
the fat from reclumping and increases the
surface area for the lipase to act upon the
fat droplets.

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