The liver converts toxins to more innocuous constituents. Arteries and veins transport the blood containing the toxins into and out of the liver. The liver works continuously to detoxify materials, and the conditions of the liver do not change with time. Toxins do not accumulate in the liver. You are interested in writing an accounting equation on the toxins that are transformed in the liver.
a) Draw a picture of the system. b) Name an extensive property that can be counted. c) Label the system, surroundings, and system boundary. d) State the time period of interest. Justify. e) Identify the system as open closed or isolate and sate whyf) Identify the system as a steady-state or dynamic and state why. g) Identify whether the system has a reaction and/or energy interconversion and state why. h) Should an algebraic, differential, or integral equation be used to describe the system? State why. i) Is the selected extensive property conserved in this system? State why.