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What is the discoloration of the skin caused by greater than normal amounts of bilirubin called?
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What are all numbers greater then 0 called?
All numbers greater than 0 are called positive numbers.
What are all numbers greater than 0 called?
numbers greater than 0 called positive integers.
What are number greater than one called?
numbers greater than one!
Amounts entered on the right side of an account are called?
totals
What number sentence states that two amounts are equal?
This is called an equation.
What is the yellow discoloration of the skin caused by greater than normal amounts of bilirubin in the blood is called?
jaundice
What are the pigments released by the liver in bile called?
From the glossary of medical terms the answer is: BILIRUBIN
What is skin discoloration called?
Skin discoloration is called skin pigmentation.
The pigment found in bile is called the?
bilirubin
Pigment produced by the destruction of hemoglobin in the liver is called?
When the erythrocytes are destroyed, haemoglobin breaks down, the heme part of it goes through a series of transformation: Heme → biliverdin (green pigment) biliverdin → bilirubin (orange-yellow pigment) Bilirubin + blood albumin → bound bilirubin (in peripheral blood) Bound bilirubin + glucuronic acid → conjugated bilirubin. (in liver) Conjugated bilirubin + intestinal bacteria → several pigments, including - stercobolin (orange-brown pigment, excreted in feces) and - urobilinogen (reabsorbed into bile/blood, finally excreted in urine)
An eccyhmotic discoloration over the umbilicous is called what?
Cullen's Sign
What Destruction of red blood cells results in the waste product called?
Bilirubin.
High levels of billirubin in the blood stream can result in?
jaundice the normal serum bilirubin level is 0.5 to 1.5mg%. jaundice occurs when the bilirubin level exceeds 2mg%. the increased blood level of bilirubin is called hyperbilirubinemia. excess bilirubin from blood diffuses into the tissues, skin and mucous membrane, colouring them yellow. this condition caused by overflow of bilirubin is called jaundice.
What is the medical term meaning substance of red blood cell bile?
It is called bilirubin.
How does gallstones produces jaundice?
gallstones block the bile duct, and prevent bilirubin getting to the small intestines. it is very important for bilirubin to get to the small intestine's, so if too much bilirubin build up, it will eventually move in to the blood stream. causing your skin to turn yellow, (especially your eyes) and this is called jaundice.
What are yellowish-brown patches or spots of skin discoloration called?
CRABS OF COURSE.
How is feces produced?
faece is due to bile acids called stercobilin and urobilin which are produced by bacterial degradation of bilirubin. Bilirubin is formed as a breakdown product of haemoglobin (from red blood cells) in the liver and is secreted into the bile, which is secreted into the intestines
