The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is the service academy of the United States Coast Guard, founded in 1876 and located in New London, Connecticut. It is the smallest of the five federal service academies and provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of eight major fields of study.
The gall bladder is a small sac that holds bile, a digestive juice produced by the liver that is used in the breakdown of dietary fats. The gall bladder extracts water from its store of bile until the liquid becomes highly concentrated.
Structure of the Small Intestine: explain. The small intestine is structurally modified to maximize absorption. About 1.8 L of intestinal juice is produced via osmosis and by the secretions from intestinal glands. This fluid is important for digestive and absorptive processes. The major stimulus for production of intestinal juice is distension of the intestinal mucosa by hypertonic or acidic chyme. The normal pH of intestinal juice is slightly alkaline (7.4-7.8) and is made up mainly of water but also contains some mucus and electrolytes (isotonic to the blood).