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  • Help me understand! A young infant may be feeding entirely on mothers milk which is white an color but the stools which the infant passes out is quite yellowish. what is this yellow colour due to?

A young infant may be feeding entirely on mothers milk which is white an color but the stools which the infant passes out is quite yellowish. what is this yellow colour due to?

  • Option 1)

    bile pigments passed through bile juice

  • Option 2)

    undigested milk protein casein

  • Option 3)

    pancreatic juice poured into duodenum

  • Option 4)

    intestinal Juice

 

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As we learnt in

Bile Pigments -

The bile released into the duodenum contains bile pigments

- wherein

The bile released into the duodenum contains bile pigments (bilirubin and bili-verdin), bile salts, cholesterol and phospholipids but no enzymes

 

 Bile juice is yellowish brown in colour.


Option 1)

bile pigments passed through bile juice

Correct

Option 2)

undigested milk protein casein

Incorrect

Option 3)

pancreatic juice poured into duodenum

Incorrect

Option 4)

intestinal Juice

Incorrect

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