Liver

Question 1

How does blood from the villi travel to liver?

Answer 1

Via hepatic portal vein

Question 2

Liver acts as a gatekeeper to the blood by?

Answer 2

Keeping levels of nutrients in blood constant

Question 3

Hepatic portal vein takes what to the liver from where?

Answer 3

Absorbed nutrients from the small intestine

Question 4

What happens to blood in the liver? 1.

Answer 4

Detoxifies harmful substances
1. Turns alcohol into fatty acids

Question 5

What happens to the blood in the liver? 2.

Answer 5

Regulates blood glucose level

Question 6

What happens to the blood in the liver? 3.

Answer 6

Deamination of amino acids
1. If necessary the liver converts amino acids into glucose to maintain glucose concentration of blood
2. Process produces urea
3. Removed by kidneys in production of urine

Question 7

What happens to blood in the liver? 4.

Answer 7

Destroys old red blood cells and recycles hemoglobin