The Liver: An Internal Organ
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What is the main exocrine function of the liver?

  • Storing glucose in glycogen granules and triglycerides in lipid droplets
  • Processing the contents of blood and synthesizing major plasma proteins (correct)
  • Synthesizing urea from removed amino acids
  • Detoxifying and conjugating ingested toxins and drugs
  • Which cells are among the most functionally diverse in the body?

  • Hepatic stellate cells
  • Hepatocytes (correct)
  • Endothelial cells
  • Kupffer cells
  • What is the role of hepatocytes in relation to amino acids?

  • Deaminating amino acids to produce urea
  • Storing vitamin A and other fat-soluble vitamins
  • Converting amino acids into glucose (correct)
  • Removing effete erythrocytes from the blood
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