the bile
11Bile bear — A bile bear or battery bear is the term used for Asiatic black bears kept in captivity in Vietnam and China so that bile may be extracted from them for sale as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). [… …
12Bile duct — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Digestive system diagram showing the bile duct Caption2 = An intraoperative cholangiogram, which is an X Ray of the bile ducts during a laprascopic cholecystectomy System …
13bile — n. a thick alkaline fluid that is secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder, from which it is ejected intermittently into the duodenum via the common bile duct. Bile may be yellow, green, or brown, according to the proportions of the… …
14Bile canaliculus — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Bile capillaries of rabbit. shown by Golgi’s method. X 450. Caption2 = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Bile+canaliculi MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 04… …
15bile salt — noun a salt of bile acid and a base; functions as an emulsifier of lipids and fatty acids • Hypernyms: ↑salt * * * noun 1. : a salt of a bile acid; especially : a naturally occurring sodium salt of a conjugated bile acid 2. bile salts …
16bile salts — sodium glycocholate and sodium taurocholate the alkaline salts of bile necessary for the emulsification of fats. After they have been absorbed from the intestine they are transported to the liver for reuse. * * * conjugates of glycine or taurine… …
17bile pigment — noun : any of several coloring matters (as bilirubin or biliverdin) in the bile that pass on oxidation through a succession of colors useful as tests for the pigments * * * bile pigment, one of the coloring substances in bile, such as bilirubin… …
18bile acid breath test — (for overgrowth of bacteria in the intestine) a breath test in which the patient is given a dose of a conjugated bile acid labeled with carbon 14 and the amount of radioactively labeled carbon dioxide in the breath is measured at hourly intervals …
19bile salt — noun The sodium salt of a bile acid; produced by the bile to neutralize the products leaving the stomach and to emulsify fatty material in it …
20bile duct — n a duct by which bile passes from the liver or gallbladder to the duodenum * * * any of the ducts that convey bile from the liver. Bile is drained from the liver cells by many small ducts that unite to form the main bile duct of the liver, the… …
