2007-06-25 12:47:53 · 4 answers · asked by Alexis H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Like the person said it is a brown pigment produced by your liver. Red blood cells live about 100 days. Your body is always making new ones and breaking down old ones,
The hemoglobin in your red blood cells is converted to a substance called bilirubin which is brown and dumps it in your intestine.
2007-06-25 17:44:48 · answer #1 · answered by michael971 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The color comes from dead red blood cells that need to be removed along with other waste material.
2007-06-25 18:18:18 · answer #2 · answered by cero143_326 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Chemicals in the stomach, and dead blood cells.
2007-06-25 18:29:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bile is produced in the liver from dead blood cells and enters the intestines through the bile duct. It is bile that colours faeces.
2007-06-25 17:19:42 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋