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Read carefully the following statements and answer the blanks 1 to 5 :
(i) Yellowness of white parts of eyes and skin during Hepatitis is termed ..... (1) .....It occurs due to release of ..... (2) ..... pigments from damaged liver cells which get excessively deposited in sclera (white parts of eyes) and skin.
(ii) Tuberculosis, commonly called T.B., is caused by a bacterium....(3).... This bacterium commonly affects the .....(4)..... where small tubercles are formed. The bacteria damages tissues and releases a toxin called...(5).... which produces the disease.

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1. Jaundice 2. bile pigments (e.g., bilirubin). 3. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. 4. lungs. 5. tuberculin.
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