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La bilis es un líquido digestivo que es producido y secretado por el hígado y almacenado en la vesícula biliar.
La bilis ayuda a descomponer las grasas en ácidos grasos, los cuales pueden ser llevados al cuerpo por medio del tubo digestivo.
La bilis contiene sobre todo colesterol, ácidos biliares (también llamados sales biliares) y bilirrubina (un producto de la descomposición de los glóbulos rojos). La bilis contiene igualmente agua y sales corporales (potasio y sodio), al igual que cantidades muy pequeñas de cobre y otros metales.
Ver también:
Afdhal NH. Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 159.
Roy-Chowdhury N, Roy-Chowdhury J. Liver physiology and energy metabolism. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 72.
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