The Liver

Duration: 0:15:00

Year Published: 1979

Creator: International Film Bureau

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Discusses the structure and functions of the liver, including regulation of blood sugar level, metabolic activities involving amino acid linkage, excretion of poisons, and storage of vitamins. Examines the relationship of the liver and the blood by demonstrating the role of heparin in blood clotting and by diagramming how Kupffer cells engulf foreign substances, how hemoglobin is converted to bilirubin, how iron is salvaged, and how bile is made., Discusses the structure and functions of the liver, including regulation of blood sugar level, metabolic activities involving amino acid linkage, excretion of poisons, and storage of vitamins. Examines the relationship of the liver and the blood by demonstrating the role of heparin in blood clotting and by diagramming how Kupffer cells engulf foreign substances, how hemoglobin is converted to bilirubin, how iron is salvaged, and how bile is made.

Complete Record: , Discusses the structure and functions of the liver, including regulation of blood sugar level, metabolic activities involving amino acid linkage, excretion of poisons, and storage of vitamins. Examines the relationship of the liver and the blood by demonstrating the role of heparin in blood clotting and by diagramming how Kupffer cells engulf foreign substances, how hemoglobin is converted to bilirubin, how iron is salvaged, and how bile is made.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.