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  2. Bile - Wikipedia

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    Bile (yellow material) in a liver biopsy stained with hematoxylin-eosin in a condition called cholestasis (setting of bile stasi). Bile (from Latin bilis), or gall, is a yellow-green/misty green fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine.

  3. Bile acid - Wikipedia

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    Bile acid-containing micelles aid lipases to digest lipids and bring them near the intestinal brush border membrane, which results in fat absorption. [ 6 ] Synthesis of bile acids is a major route of cholesterol metabolism in most species other than humans.

  4. Bile acid malabsorption - Wikipedia

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    Bile acid malabsorption (BAM), known also as bile acid diarrhea, is a cause of several gut-related problems, the main one being chronic diarrhea.It has also been called bile acid-induced diarrhea, cholerheic or choleretic enteropathy, bile salt diarrhea or bile salt malabsorption.

  5. This Is What It Really Means When Your Poop Is Green - AOL

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    Digestive contents in the gut initially appear green/yellow due to bile made by the liver and secreted by the gallbladder at the start of the small intestine, but this pigment turns brown as it ...

  6. Doctors Break Down What’s Behind Your Black Poop - AOL

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    This is due to a mix of things, including bile that breaks down fats passing through your digestive system, bilirubin (a substance that’s created when red blood cells leave your body as a waste ...

  7. Enterohepatic circulation - Wikipedia

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    These bile acids travel to the gall bladder during the interdigestive phase for storage and to the descending part of the duodenum via the common bile duct through the major duodenal papilla during digestion. 95% of the bile acids which are delivered to the duodenum will be recycled by the enterohepatic circulation.

  8. Biliary tract - Wikipedia

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    The function of the common bile duct is to allow bile to travel from the gallbladder to the small intestine, mixing with pancreatic digestive enzymes along the way. [4] One possible complication of choledocholithiasis is an infection of the bile ducts between the liver and the gallstone lodged in the common bile duct.

  9. Gastrointestinal physiology - Wikipedia

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    Bile is secreted into the duodenum of the small intestine via the common bile duct. It is produced in liver cells and stored in the gall bladder until release during a meal. Bile is formed of three elements: bile salts, bilirubin and cholesterol. Bilirubin is a waste product of the breakdown of hemoglobin.