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Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Bile

Preferred term

Bile  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Biliary Sludge

Note

  • stasis = CHOLESTASIS; drugs stimulating or increasing flow of bile = CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS

Scope note

  • An emulsifying agent produced in the LIVER and secreted into the DUODENUM. Its composition includes BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; and ELECTROLYTES. It aids DIGESTION of fats in the duodenum.

In other languages

  • sappi

    Finnish

  • bilis
  • fel
  • sappineste
  • Galla

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001646

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