LIVER
FUNCTIONS:
1.) Detoxification of blood by removal of poisonous substances (drugs)
2.) Stores iron, fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, K
3.) Makes plasma proteins from amino acids
4.) Stores glucose as glycogen after eating and breaks down glycogen to glucose to maintain glucose concentration of blood (energy) in between meals
5.) Produce urea from hydrolysis of amino acids
6.) Coverts red blood cell hemoglobin to breakdown products which have been excreted and bile salts in bile
**7.) Produces bile (stored in gallbladder before entering small intestine where salts of bile emulsify fats)
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