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How is urea formed in the human body? (O...

How is urea formed in the human body? (OR) We are not consuming urea. But in our body urea is produced. Why?

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The nitrogenous waste formed as a result of breackdown of amino acids is converted to urea in the liver by the Ornithine cycle or urea cycle.
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