alleryStart learning →Which organ converts heme into water soluble forms?
AThe limb
BThe lymph
CThe liver
DThe lung
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The liver
1. Haemoglobin breakdown must be made excretable.
2. One organ performs that conversion.
3. The heme of hemoglobin is converted by the liver into water-soluble forms.
4. So the answer is the liver.
_Source: OpenStax 'Anatomy and Physiology 2e', Ch 25 'The Urinary System'_
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