which of the following has primary responsibility for eliminating alcohol from the bloodstream?

The liver is the organ whose job is to eliminate alcohol from the bloodstream. Its job is to remove toxins from your body and generally keep your body healthy and ready for any challenge.

Alcohol is a kind of liquor/beverage produced by a process known as fermentation. Different type of alcohol is made from different sources of sugar and yeast. Consumption of excessive alcohol has a bad effect on the body as alcohol dissolves in the blood quickly, and it affects the brain.

The liver is the body organ that helps in the digestion process and the removal of toxic substances from the blood. It helps in removal of alcohol particles from the bloodstream as the alcohol reaches the blood and passes down to the liver. The liver starts working on the process of eliminating alcohol from the body. Alcohol dehydrogenase breaks alcohol into acetaldehyde, and this acetaldehyde is further oxidized by dehydrogenase enzyme into acetic acid. This acetic acid produced is further broken down in carbon dioxide and water in the citric acid cycle.

Excessive consumption of alcohol affects the liver as it is not able to detoxify a large amount of alcohol.

Thus, the liver has the primary responsibility for eliminating alcohol from the bloodstream.