Description : On average red blood cells live around 120 days. The spleen is the main organ where old red blood cells are destroyed. During the red blood cell destruction the heme groups turn into bilirubin and this substance is then captured by the liver and later excreted in the bowels as part of the bile.
Last Answer : What are the functions of the spleen?
Description : Which of the following is NOT a nitrogenous waste compound excreted by animals? a) urea b) ammonia c) uric acid d) pyridine
Last Answer : ANSWER: D -- PYRIDINE
Description : What is organ responsible for filtering waste products?
Last Answer : The kidneys
Description : When nitrogenous waste accumulates in the blood which organ is not functioning? (1) Liver (2) Lungs (3) Kidneys (4) Heart
Last Answer : (3) Kidneys Explanation: Acute kidney failure (AKF) occurs when there is a sudden reduction in kidney function that results in nitrogenous wastes accumulating in the blood (azotemia). The ... nitrogenous wastes is known as uremia. If untreated, uremia can cause coma and eventually death.
Description : When nitrogenous waste accumulates in the blood which organ is not functioning ? (1) Liver (2) Lungs (3) Kidneys (4) Heart
Last Answer : Kidneys
Description : What organ stores churns and breaks down food with acid?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Answer: b Metabolic response to injury results in increased energy expenditure. If energy intake is less than expenditure, oxidation of body fat stores and erosion of lean body mass will occur ... requirements, caloric requirements should be distributed at a ratio of 70% as glucose and 30% as fat
Last Answer : Which of the following statement(s) is/are true concerning body fuel reserves? a. The largest fuel reserve in the body is skeletal muscle b. Fat provides about 9 calories/gram c. Free glucose and glycogen stores are a trivial fuel reserve d. Body protein is a valuable storage form of energy
Description : The organ which stores carbohydrates as glycogen in the human body is - (1) Intestine (2) Stomach (3) Pancreas (4) Liver
Last Answer : (4) Liver Explanation: Glycogen is a multi-branched polysaccharide that serves as a form of energy storage in animals and fungi. In humans, glycogen is made and stored primarily in the cells ... secondary long-term energy storage (with the primary energy stores being fats held in adipose tissue).
Description : Which organ helps to process white blood cells; destroys old red blood cells and stores iron'?
Last Answer : Spleen
Description : The organ which stores carbohydrates as glycogen in the human body is (1) Intestine (2) Stomach (3) Pancreas (4) Liver
Last Answer : Liver
Description : What are The cell stores waste in structures called?
Description : _________ stores excess of water and waste products in a cell. a) ribosome b)vacuole c) golgi complex d)plastid
Last Answer : b)vacuole
Description : You're stranded in a rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need an antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, only the female frog produces ... how to use conditional probability to make sure you lick the right frog and get out alive. -Riddles
Last Answer : If you chose to go to the clearing, you're right, but the hard part is correctly calculating your odds. There are two common incorrect ways of solving this problem. Wrong answer number one: ... best options so that maybe next time, we can avoid eating that poisonous mushroom in the first place.
Description : Which vitamin is generally excreted by humans in urine? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'Vitamin C'
Last Answer : answer:
Last Answer : 80% of nitrogen is excreted from the body through urine.
Last Answer : Peters is excreted from the liver.
Last Answer : : Carbon dioxide is emitted from the body during absorption.
Description : Assertion `:-` In fish ammonia is excreted by diffusion through gill surface as ammonium ions. Reason `:-` Some amount of urea may be retained in the
Last Answer : Assertion `:-` In fish ammonia is excreted by diffusion through gill surface as ammonium ions. Reason ` ... . D. If both Assertion & Reason are false.
Description : Which of the following excreted in mammals in the form of nitrogen
Last Answer : Which of the following excreted in mammals in the form of nitrogen A. Ammonium oin B. Ammonia C. Uric acid D. Urea
Description : Drugs & Toxin are mainly excreted by which process `:-`
Last Answer : Drugs & Toxin are mainly excreted by which process `:-` A. Ultra filtration B. Digestion in the form of excreta C. Tubular secretion D. Diffusion
Description : Ammonia is converted into urea in _____ and filtered from blood and excreted out by_____
Last Answer : Ammonia is converted into urea in _____ and filtered from blood and excreted out by_____
Description : A patient of diabetes mellitus excreted glucose in urine even when he was kept in a carhbohydrate-free diet. It is because
Last Answer : A patient of diabetes mellitus excreted glucose in urine even when he was kept in a ... muscles are discharged in blood stream from liver
Description : Which vitamin is excreted out in high quantity through urine in man?
Last Answer : Which vitamin is excreted out in high quantity through urine in man? A. Vitamin C B. Vitamin B C. Vitamin E D. Vitamin K
Description : Vitamin excreted by urine in higher vertebrates is
Last Answer : Vitamin excreted by urine in higher vertebrates is A. A B. D C. K D. C
Description : What hormone that is commonly excreted during a stressful situation is?
Last Answer : That is adrenalin
Description : All of the following statements about uric acid are true except (A) It is a catabolite of purines (B) It is excreted by the kidneys (C) It is undissociated at pH above 5.8 (D) It is less soluble than sodium urate
Last Answer : Answer : C
Description : Maximum quantity of sodium is excreted through (A) Urine (B) Faeces (C) Sweat (D) None of these
Last Answer : Answer : A
Description : In human beings molybdenum is mainly excreted in (A) Feces (B) Sweat (C) Urine (D) Tears
Description : In Wilson’s disease (A) Copper fails to be excreted in the bile (B) Copper level in plasma is decreased (C) Ceruloplasmin level is increased (D) Intestinal absorption of copper is decreased
Description : Calcium is excreted by (A) Kidney (B) Kidney and intestine (C) Kidney and liver (D) Kidney and pancreas
Last Answer : Answer : B
Description : The amount of coproporphyrins excreted per day in feces is about (A) 10–50 µgs (B) 100–150 µgs (C) 200–250 µgs (D) 300–1000 µgs
Last Answer : Answer : D
Description : In Hunter’s syndrome (A) There is progressive corneal opacity (B) Keratan sulphate is excreted in the urine (C) Enzyme defective is arylsulphatase B (D) Hearing loss is perceptive
Description : The principal sterol excreted in feces is (A) Coprostanol (B) Zymosterol (C) Lanosterol (D) Desmosterol
Description : Molecular Iron, Fe, is (A) Stored in the body in combination with Ferritin (B) Stored primarily in the spleen (C) Excreted in the urine as Fe2+ (D) absorbed in the intestine by albumin VITAMINS 129
Description : All the following statements regarding ketone bodies are true except (A) They may result from starvation (B) They are formed in kidneys (C) They include acetoacetic acid and acetone (D) They may be excreted in urine
Description : Cholesterol is excreted as such into ________. (A) Urine (B) Faeces (C) Bile (D) Tears FATS AND FATTY ACID METABOLISM 99
Description : Urea clearance is the (A) Amount of urea excreted per minute (B) Amount of urea present in 100 ml of urine (C) Volume of blood cleared of urea in one minute (D) Amount of urea filtered by glomeruli in one minute
Description : An enzyme which is excreted in urine is (A) Lactase dehydrogenase (B) Amylase (C) Ornithine transcarbamoylase (D) None of these
Description : Glycerol released from adipose tissue by hydrolysis of triglycerides is mainly (A) Taken up by liver (B) Taken up by extrahepatic tissues (C) Reutilised in adipose tissue (D) Excreted from the body FATS AND FATTY ACID METABOLISM 85
Description : Normal quantity of urobilinogen excreted in the feces per day is about (A) 10–25 mg (B) 50–250 mg (C) 300–500 mg (D) 700–800 mg FATS AND FATTY ACID METABOLISM 79
Description : Amount of phenylacetic acid excreted in the urine in phenylketonuria is (A) 100–200 mg/dL (B) 200–280 mg/dL (C) 290–550 mg/dL (D) 600–750 mg/dL
Description : Ammonia is excreted as ammonium salts during metabolic acidosis but the majority is excreted as (A) Phosphates (B) Creatine (C) Uric acid (D) Urea
Description : Sulphur containing amino acids after catabolism produces a substance which is excreted: (A) SO2 (B) HNO3 (C) H2SO4 (D) H3PO4
Description : Bence Jones proteins may be excreted in urine of patients suffering from (A) Tuberculosis (B) Diabetes mellitus (C) Multiple myeloma (D) Hyperthyroidism
Description : More creatinine is excreted by (A) Adult males (B) Adult females (C) Children (D) Pregnant women
Description : After digestion amino acids (A) Are absorbed into portal circulation (B) Are absorbed into lymph (C) Are excreted to the extent of 50% (D) Converted into glucose in the intestine
Description : In humans the sulphur of methionine and cysteine is excreted mainly as (A) Ethereal sulphate (B) Inorganic sulphate (C) Sulphites (D) Thioorganic compound
Description : Impaired renal function is indicated when the amount of PSP excreted in the first 15 minutes is (A) 20% (B) 35% (C) 40% (D) 45%
Last Answer : A