| LIVER FUNCTIONS |
HOW THE FUNCTION IS PERORMED |
| 1. It deoxifies poisons, like alcohol, and products go out with bile. |
It uses enzymes like alcohol dehydrogenase. |
2. It changes glucose to glycogen so proper [blood glucose] can be maintained.
Glucose ---> Glycogen |
It uses insulen to activate an enzyme right after meals.
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| 3. It makes salts for tipid emulsification. | The liver uses chloresterol and changes its bile to salts. |
4. It recycles Iron (Fe)
| Kupffer (macrophage) cells engulf old Red blood cells. Then, hemoglobin down to release iron from heme and amino acids
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| 5. It eliminates ammonia that comes from amino groups in amino acids when making sugar. |
The liver combines ammonia with Carbon dioxide to make Urea and water. The urea then goes to your bladder. |
| 6. The liver can convert excess amino acids into glucose to keep the brain alive during starvation, through a process called Deamination (so left overs can make sugar). |
It uses an enzyme to split the ammonia from amino acids. The residue is converted to glucose and the ammonia is split off sugar. |
| 7 i)The liver makes plasma proteins. Ex: Albumin value? Albumin raises the asmolic pressure (therefore, it causes water to be drawn into blood from tissues by osmosis). |
It uses its enzyme and ribosomes |
| 7 ii) The liver makes plasma proteins. Ex: Fibrinogen (needed for blood clotting). | It uses enzymes and ribosomes. |
| 8. It eliminates bacteria from blood. | Phagocytosis by macrophage cells. |
