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The liver doesn't actually "absorb" anything. Instead, the liver filters toxins such as alcohol and drugs, taking the toxins out of the blood. The liver can filter about one drink per hour. The liver breaks down toxins to other by-products and tries to render the toxin as "less harmful" to the body. The by-products are then returned to the bloodstream to be excreted via the kidneys and bladder.
As a side note, "drug tests" are not necessarily testing for a certain drug as it is sold at a pharmacy. Instead, the drug test looks for certain by-products created when the liver filters the toxins within the medication. For example, users of cocaine who also drink alcohol often have a specific chemical that is only created from cocaine plus alcohol. A blood test or post-mortem toxicology would be looking for that secondary chemical, especially if it has been hours since the person "used" or if it was hours after the person's death.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe liver tends to remove of harmful substances such as chemicals from drugs and cigarettes. Anything that your body can not handle
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∙ 12y agoamino acids and glucose
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∙ 12y agoToxins
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∙ 11y agoLiver.
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What doest the liver remove from the bloodstream?
The liver removes glucose
What organ does not remove alcohol from the bloodstream?
Lungs do not remove alcohol from your bloodstream. When you drink alcohol, your lungs exhale about 5% of alcohol which is why any consumption of alcohol can be picked up on breathalyzer tests.
What part of digestion does the liver play?
The liver is like a filter for the bloodstream.
What steroid does the liver produce into bloodstream?
insulin
The organ that releases nutrients into the bloodstream?
the liver
What eliminates alcohol from the bloodstream?
the liver and time
The liver removes excess from the bloodstream?
Yes, it removes toxins and waste from the bloodstream e.g. Alcohol.
What digestive juice from your liver hepls to absorb fats in the bloodstream?
lipase helps to absorbs fat in your bloodstream
How do your liver and kidneys work together to remove wastes from your blood?
Your kidneys remove one type of waste your liver removes a different type of waste. Your kidneys remove urea and anything else your body will never want to use again. Your kidneys remove dissolved items from your blood stream. Your liver removes wastes that can be re-digested and used again in the process of digestion. Your liver also removes unwanted solid material from your blood stream.
How could cancer spread from lunges to liver?
Though bloodstream
The goal of breathing is to delivers what?
To deliver oxygen to the bloodstream and to remove carbon dioxide from the bloodstream.
A waste form of nitrogen formed in the liver and carried in the bloodstream Is called?
Urea
