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Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
In man, urea is mainly produced in the..........

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The formation of urea takes place in liver. The urea cycle is a cycle of biochemical reactions that produces urea from ammonia. This cycle occurs in the ureotelic organism. Mammals, many terrestrial amphibians and marine fishes mainly excrete urea and are called ureotelic animals.
So the correct answer is the liver.

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