Multiple ChoiceMore than one choice may apply.The pH of chyme entering the duodenum is adjusted bya. bile.b. intestinal juice.c. enzyme secretions from the pancreas.d. bicarbonate-rich secretions from the pancreas.

Mr. Williams presents to your clinic with a complaint of abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. He says that the pain worsens when he eats, particularly when he eats fatty meals. He has noticed that his stool has been an unusual clay color recently. You perform an ultrasound of his abdomen and find that gallstones are blocking his common bile duct, preventing bile from entering the duodenum.

c. Explain why his feces have become a clay color instead of a normal brown color.

Which of the following statements about bile is true?