Biology GCSE
Liver
What Liver means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The organ to which blood transports lactic acid, where it is converted back into glucose.
The organ that makes bile, which travels along bile ducts to the gall bladder.
Topics that use Liver
- Response to exercise (AQA GCSE)
- The human digestive system (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Absorption and transport
- active site
- Active site and substrate binding
- Aerobic respiration
- Amylase
- Anabolic and catabolic reactions
- Anaerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration and lactic acid production
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