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dollx

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Name the substances that the liver manufactures. Give a description of each.
 
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Divide and label the medical term subacute. Give the meaning.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The liver manufactures bile, a digestive juice; fibrinogen and prothrombin, coagulants essential for blood clotting; heparin, an anticoagulant that helps to prevent the clotting of blood; and blood proteins, which are albumin and gamma globulin.

Answer to Question 2

sub-/acute
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The medical term subacute literally means below sharp. It describes a state between acute and chronic with some acute features. It is used to describe the course of a disease process or the healing process following tissue injury.


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