PHYSIOLOGY
GASTROINTESTINAL PHYSIOLOGY
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Question
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Which is not a function of the pancreas?
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Production of the hormone insulin
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Production of pancreatic juice to neutralize food
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Production of enzymes to digest food
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Produces bilirubin for stool staining
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -There, colonic bacteria deconjugate and metabolize the bilirubin into colorless urobilinogen, which can be oxidized to form urobilin and stercobilin. Urobilin is excreted by the kidneys to give urine its yellow color and stercobilin is excreted in the feces giving stool its characteristic brown color.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jaundice is caused by the buildup of bilirubin, a dark yellow-brown substance made in the liver.
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