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Assertion: Bile helps in emulsification of fat.
Reason: Bile salts help in incorporating fatty acids and glycerol into water soluble droplets called chylomicrons.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explantion of assertion

B

If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explnantion of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false.

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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C
Bile is a watery fluid mixture containing bile pigments, bile salt, cholesterol, phospholipids, etc. Bile salts break the large fats into smaller ones, a process, called emulsification. They also help in incorporating produces of fat digestion (fatty acids and glycerol) into small, spherical, water soluble molecuels called micelles.
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