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Bilirubin comes from recycled hemoglobin

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What waste product of normal breakdown of hemoglobin?

Bilirubin


What Destruction of red blood cells results in the waste product called?

Bilirubin.


End product of hemoglobin breakdown is?

bilirubin


Where do bilirubin and biliverdin come from?

Bilirubin is formed by brake down of old red blood cells by Lymphatic system, mainly spleen. The degraded product is converted into non conjugated Bilirubin and can not beexcretedby kidneys as it is attached to plasma albumin. Liver cell take it from plasma albumin and conjugate the same to Glucuronic acid so that it can beexcretedby kidneys.


Is bilirubin an electrolyte?

No, bilirubin is a breakdown product of red blood cell destruction. Electrolytes are mineral salts such as sodium, potassium and chloride.


What are the excretory product of the kidneys?

urine (urea, creatinine, bilirubin, and ammonia)


Is heat a waste product?

yes heat is a waste product


What is the medical term meaning bilirubin in the urine?

The medical term for bilirubin in the urine is bilirubinuria.Actually bilirubin is usually produced by the liver as a result of deamination of amino acid in the liver which is sent to the kidney as nitrogenous waste through the blood in which selective reabsorbtion takes place and so bilirubin is removed through the urine. It's harmful when it builds up in the body.


What function gives feces its brown color?

The breakdown of erythrocytes is the function, but it is the waste product of this function, bile pigment bilirubin which is altered by microbes in the large intestine, resultant urobilinogen, which is converted to STERCOBILIN and excreted in the faeces. It is therefore the by product of this function, STERCOBILIN which deodorises and gives faeces its brown colour.


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Why is waste brown?

Its brown coloration comes from a combination of bile and bilirubin which comes from dead red blood cells.