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2007-01-08 13:04:47 · 5 answers · asked by mkchuha 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
The liver is a large organ in the upper right corner of the abdomen. It has several functions.
1. Breaks down toxins in the blood.
2. Secretes bile, which helps digest fat.
3. Produces blood proteins.
4. Produces clotting proteins.
There are probably more.
2007-01-08 13:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by Nicole B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WHAT IS THE LIVER AND WHAT DOES IT DO?
Situated beneath the diaphragm in the upper right part of the abdomen, the liver is the largest organ in the body (weighing 1-1.5kg in adults). All of the blood that leaves the stomach and intestines must pass through the liver before reaching the rest of the body. The liver is thus strategically placed to process nutrients and drugs absorbed from the digestive tract into forms that are easier for the rest of the body to use. In essence, the liver can be conceived of as the body's refinery.
Furthermore, your liver plays a principal role in removing toxins from the blood whether they were ingested or internally produced. The liver converts them to substances that can be easily eliminated from the body.
Many drugs taken to treat diseases are also chemically modified by the liver. These changes govern the drug's activity in the body.
The liver also makes bile, a green-yellow fluid which contains detergent-like substances essential for digestion. Bile is stored in the gall bladder which contracts are eating, and discharges bile into the intestine.
2007-01-08 21:13:44 · answer #2 · answered by ahmeda60 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia states and I agree.
The liver is an organ in some animals, including mammals (and therefore humans), birds, and reptiles. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including glycogen storage, plasma protein synthesis, and drug detoxification. This organ also is the largest gland in the human body. It produces bile, which is important in digestion. It performs and regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions requiring specialized tissues. Medical terms related to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar.
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2007-01-08 21:12:21 · answer #3 · answered by Donny Dutch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Liver is the biggest gland in the body,which secretes bile juice that aids in emulsification and saponification of fats.
2007-01-08 21:15:35 · answer #4 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the largest organ in the body, and its chemical factory
2007-01-08 21:14:34 · answer #5 · answered by ArgumentativeButNotInsulting 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋