Q. Which one of the following inhibits the coagulation of blood in the human circulatory system?
A) Silver affinity cells of gastric epithelium
B) Liver, situated in the upper right side of abdominal cavity
C) Delta $(\delta)$ cells of endocrine part of the pancreas
D) Brunner’ gland, present in the duodenum of intestine
Explanation
Liver is the largest gland of body which lies in the upper right side of the abdominal cavity. Liver performs a lot of functions like, bile production, deamination glycogenesis, glycogenolysis, glucogneogenesis, detoxification, etc. Secretion of heparin is also one of the function of liver. Heparin is an anticoagulant
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