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Identify the source of urea that is removed via the kidneys in a healthy human being

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Dear Student, Source of urea is proteins that humans eat. Actually when we eat proteins these are degraded into amino acids and then converted to ammonia. Since, ammonia is toxic for humans so, it is converted to urea in Liver and that is excreted by kidneys. Regards

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