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| name the four most important roles of the liver. |
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| Cleaning the blood, Storage of nutrients, Production of cholesterol, Production of bile |
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| What does the liver do to glucose? |
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| stores it as glycogen, converted to glycogen by insulin. |
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| How does the liver clean the blood predominantly? |
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| recycling the components of dead red blood cells. |
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| What is the function of kupffer cells? |
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Definition
| to start the breakdown of erythrocytes with phagocytosis (white blood cells engulfing) of red blood cells. they also break down hemoglobin into heme and globin |
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| Why is iron carried to the bone marrow? |
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Definition
| to produce hemoglobin in new red blood cells |
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| bilirubin (made from a yellow pigment made from heme) |
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| When a disease interferes with the normal metabolism and excretion of bilirubin, it can build up in the blood. The result od which the skin and eyes change to a yellow color due to excess bilirubin. |
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| What happens to surplus cholesterol? |
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| What do liver cells do to toxic substances? |
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| absorb toxic substances from the blood and convert them into non-toxic or less toxic substances, using a range of chemical conversions. |
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