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The conversion of a protein waste, ammonia, into urea (ornithine cycle) occurs in

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Kidneys

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Lungs

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Intestine

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Liver

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The correct option is D
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A sequence of cyclic reactions in which potentially toxic products of protein catabolism are converted to nontoxic urea.

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