For 10 points, name this organ responsible for bile secretion that helps remove waste products from the body and which can be scarred due to alcohol abuse in cases of cirrhosis.
The reaction of chloroyl-CoA with glycine is one step in the glycine conjugation pathway conducted in this organ. Those cells store Vitamin A in lipid globules in this organ, and another class of cells in this organ create glucuronic acid or sulfate through a conjugation of a free open-chain pyrrole. Gaps between fenestrated epithelia and cords in this organ are called spaces of Disse, through which blood plasma flows. This organ's Ito cells are supported by its sinusoids, which make use of macrophages called Kupffer cells. Blood is supplied to this organ from the splenic and mesenteric arteries via the portal vein. For 10 points, name this organ responsible for bile secretion that helps remove waste products from the body and which can be scarred due to alcohol abuse in cases of cirrhosis.
The reaction of chloroyl-CoA with glycine is one step in the glycine conjugation pathway conducted in this organ.
liver