Bile

Dark greenish-brown fluid aiding in the digestion of fats / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Bile (from Latin bilis), or gall, is a yellow-green fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine. In humans, bile is primarily composed of water, produced continuously by the liver, and stored and concentrated in the gallbladder. After eating, this stored bile is discharged into the first section of the small intestine.[1]

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Bile (yellow material) in a liver biopsy stained with hematoxylin-eosin in a condition called cholestasis (setting of bile stasis)