A young infant may be feeding entirely on mother's milk which is white in color but the stools which the infant passes out is quite yellowish. What is the yellow color due to?
A
Pancreatic juice poured into duodenum
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B
Intestinal juice
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C
Bile pigments passed through bile juice.
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D
Undigested milk protein casein
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Solution
The correct option is C Bile pigments passed through bile juice. The stools which the infant pass out is yellowish due to the bile pigments that are present in the bile juices.