Question

due dec 12 by 11:59pm points 100 submitting an external tool 6. what could result if the liver was not working properly? harmful substances would not be filtered from food. waste products would not be filtered from the blood. digestive protein would not be released into the stomach. nutrients would not be absorbed in the small intestines.

Explanation:

The liver's functions include detoxifying the blood (removing waste products and harmful substances). Kidneys filter waste from blood, but the liver also processes toxins. The first option: harmful substances from food are filtered by the liver (but the wording "from food" is less accurate; the liver processes substances from blood). The third option: digestive proteins (like pepsin) are from the stomach/glands, not the liver. The fourth option: nutrient absorption in the small intestine is via villi, not the liver. The liver's role in blood detox (waste processing) makes the second option correct as a key liver function is filtering waste from blood (e.g., processing ammonia into urea, detoxifying drugs/toxins in blood).

Answer:

Waste products would not be filtered from the blood.