cholestasis dependent process enterohepatic circulation enterohepatic circulation [Cholestasis] Bile salts (>90%) are absorbed along the small intestine and transported back by the portal blood to the liver. They are taken up into hepatocytes and re-secreted into the canaliculi. This round trip of bile salts between the intestine and the liver is termed enterohepatic circulation. Enterohepatic circulation is a subtype of changing between operands: Bile salts secreted by the liver pass into the intestine, are absorbed in large part by the ileum, and return to the liver by way of the portal vein. This entity is a specific course-dependent process. This process can constitute the course of Cholestasis.