Bile salt repeats its cycle in____________?

Correct answer: D. 8 times a day

  • A. 4 times a day
  • B. 2 times in between meals
  • C. 10 times a day in fasting
  • D. 8 times a day

Explanation

Bile salts undergo enterohepatic circulation repeatedly, commonly described in standard physiology texts as about eight cycles per day. This efficient recycling allows a small bile-salt pool to support repeated fat digestion.

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