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A doctor hypothesizes that a patient's digestive system is not properly secreting digestive enzymes. Which of the following would be a plausible diagnosis?

The pancreas is no longer secreting pepsin.
The stomach is no longer secreting pepsin.
The stomach is no longer secreting bile.
The pancreas is no longer secreting bile.

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Answer b the pancreas is no longer secreting Pepsi
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Answer: B. The stomach is no longer secreting pepsin.

Pepsin is a protein digesting enzyme that performs protein digestion in the stomach.

Bile is produced by the liver for the digestion of lipids in small intestine. The pancreas secretes pancreatic juice, not bile.

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