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QuestionChoice
This is incorrect. The colon is not primarily responsible for bile acid reabsorption. Bile acids are primarily reabsorbed in the ileum of the small intestine.
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Colon
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This is correct. The majority of bile acid reabsorption takes place in the ileum, the last segment of the small intestine. Bile acids are reabsorbed in the ileum and recycled back to the liver in a process called enterohepatic circulation.
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Ileum
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This is incorrect. The jejunum is not the primary site for bile acid reabsorption. The majority of bile acid reabsorption occurs in the ileum.
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Jejunum
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This is incorrect. The stomach is not primarily involved in bile acid reabsorption. Bile acids are primarily reabsorbed in the lower part of the small intestine.
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Stomach
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This is incorrect. While the duodenum is an important part of the small intestine for digestion, it is not the primary site for bile acid reabsorption. Bile acids are reabsorbed further down in the small intestine.
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Duodenum
Concept
Chapter
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Bile structure, function and metabolism
Topic
149
Gastro-intestinal physiology
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A 36 year old woman attends her GP surgery with chronic diarrhoea. She has a known history of bile-acid malabsorption associated with Crohn's disease.

Which of the following sites is usually responsible for the majority of bile acid reabsorption?
a