Question

Stool of a person containing whitish-grey color is due to the malfunction of ............... Organ.
A. Pancreas
B. Spleen
C. Kidney
D. Liver

Answer 1

Hint: Regular stools, often due to diet, can differ in shades of brown. It ends up giving the stool a whitish-grey or pale color when the right amount of bile is not released from the organ. The stool's yellowish-brown color is due to the development of stercobilinogen.

Complete answer:
Owing to the malfunctioning of the Liver, Pale Stools is a condition in which stool is seen pale or whitish-grey in color is seen. The stools become pale or whitish-grey when the liver does not produce adequate volumes of bile and when the bile is blocked and not released from the liver.
Pale stools are often caused by pancreatic cancer that doesn't allow enough bile to be secreted by the liver as it blocks the bile duct and the stool loses its brown color and begins to look pale. Bile is not produced by the pancreas, spleen, or kidney, and the whitish-grey is only due to the lower volume of bile, so these should not be the right choices for the question asked. The brownish color of the stool is due to the bile salts and the pigment bilirubin of the liver and, for whatever reason, the liver avoids producing enough bile, the stool loses its true color and begins to turn light or whitish-grey.
Bile salts are released by the liver into the stools, giving a brown color to the stools. The stools will be pale or clay-colored if the liver does not produce enough bile, or if the bile flow is blocked and does not drain out of the liver.

Thus, choice D- the liver is the correct answer.

Note: Diarrheal, digestive, pancreatic or liver conditions are responsible for stools that are unusual in colour. Owing to the presence of bilirubin in the bile, the color of the stool is normally responsible. The concentration of bilirubin ranges from yellow to dark brown in the color of the stool, and if there is a difference in the chemical composition of bilirubin, the stool changes color to green or yellow.