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No. The liver has over 1,500 functions in the metabolic processes in your body, but it does not produce mucus or acids. Mucus is produced by goblet cells that line your respiratory and digestive tracts. And acids are produced and secreted by parietal cells in your stomach which produce hydrochloric acid.
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Why would the liver not produce enzymes?
A lack of Amino Acids.
What system is the liver a part of when it removes amino groups from amino acids to produce urine?
In this capacity the liver is acting as part of the excretory system.
The process of allows the liver to produce glucose form amino acids when there is adequate glucose in the diet?
gluconeogenesis
Why is mucus produced by the cells of the stomach lining?
If your stomach didn't produce a new layer of mucus every week, it would digest itself.
What is the function of the mucus in the stomach?
Mucus protects stomach lining from gastric acids.
How does mucus and digestive acids protect the skin?
Without mucus your stomach would eat it self. The acids help break food down.
What is the function of mucus in gastric gland?
The mucus protects the inner lining of the stomach from the action of acids.
Mucus is secreted throughout much of the GI tract by?
Mucus is secreted throughout much of the GI tract by goblet cells. These cells are specialized epithelial cells that produce mucus to protect and lubricate the lining of the digestive system, aiding in digestion and preventing damage from digestive enzymes and acids.
What does the liver do with amino acids?
storge
Are there amino acids in the liver?
Yes there is.
What does mucus do in the stomach?
The mucus lining in the stomach is actually a protection barrier between the stomach and it's own acids. A new layer of mucus is created bi-weekly so that the acids in the stomach don't burn through the stomach and eventually the entire body.
The synthesis of nonessential amino acids takes place primarily in the?
the liver
