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What is the pigment that is produced from the breakdown of porphyrin in hemoglobin?
What is the pigment that is produced from the breakdown of porphyrin in hemoglobin?
- Biliverdin (correct)
- Iron
- Heme
- Bilirubin
What is the function of the liver in the breakdown of bilirubin?
What is the function of the liver in the breakdown of bilirubin?
- To produce biliverdin
- To secrete bilirubin into the plasma
- To prepare bilirubin for secretion into the bile (correct)
- To destroy erythrocytes
What is jaundice?
What is jaundice?
- The destruction of erythrocytes
- The yellowish discoloration of skin and mucous membranes resulting from an increased bilirubin concentration in the body fluids (correct)
- The secretion of bilirubin into the bile
- The process of converting porphyrin to bilirubin
