my friend has no liver or so he says. i think he must have part of it or something. he is however more than a bit yellow.
2007-01-27 15:12:27 · 14 answers · asked by durkseekstheworld 1 in Health ➔ Men's Health
Hell no !!!
2007-01-27 15:28:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend may be saying his liver does not have much liver "function" left. This "yellow" look is most likely jaundice,a result of liver disease.You can't live without a liver,when it fails you could qualify for a transplant,if you live long enough to find a compatible donor.Patients in failure are usually in very critical condition,and may not survive the surgery. The liver is the only human organ that can rejuvenate itself,if it's healthy,and suffered a trauma that required surgery to have a portion removed.Take care. SW RNP
2007-01-27 15:29:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No,really not.A man or women really canot live with out his liver.
Liver is the largest internal organ of the human body. The liver, which is part of the digestive system, performs more than 500 different functions, all of which are essential to life. Its essential functions include helping the body to digest fats, storing reserves of nutrients, filtering poisons and wastes from the blood, synthesizing a variety of proteins, and regulating the levels of many chemicals found in the bloodstream. The liver is unique among the body’s vital organs in that it can regenerate, or grow back, cells that have been destroyed by some short-term injury or disease. But if the liver is damaged repeatedly over a long period of time, it may undergo irreversible changes that permanently interfere with function. The human liver is a dark red-brown organ with a soft, spongy texture. It is located at the top of the abdomen, on the right side of the body just below the diaphragm—a sheet of muscle tissue that separates the lungs from the abdominal organs. The lower part of the rib cage covers the liver, protecting it from injury. In a healthy adult, the liver weighs about 1.5 kg (3 lb) and is about 15 cm (6 in) thick.
Despite its many complex functions, the liver is relatively simple in structure. It consists of two main lobes, left and right, which overlap slightly. The right lobe has two smaller lobes attached to it, called the quadrate and caudate lobes.
Each lobe contains many thousands of units called lobules that are the building blocks of the liver. Lobules are six-sided structures each about 1 mm (0.04 in) across. A tiny vein runs through the center of each lobule and eventually drains into the hepatic vein, which carries blood out of the liver. Hundreds of cubed-shaped liver cells, called hepatocytes, are arranged around the lobule's central vein in a radiating pattern. On the outside surface of each lobule are small veins, ducts, and arteries that carry fluids to and from the lobules. As the liver does its work, nutrients are collected, wastes are removed, and chemical substances are released into the body through these vessels.
2007-01-27 15:25:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, sure that human can't live without livers (unless he uses monitor to relace for livers) . but like u say "he says so", i think he has a part of livers, bc 1 person can live with 1 liver (it get a little hard in breathing) . if he looks yellow (his skin, or eyes, nails..) it means that he must be drunk alot of alcohol or smoking for times (now is the show time of the diseases, bc the liver has died )
2007-01-27 15:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by Phuong P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can live with only part of your liver but you can not live without one. If you could live without one, people would not go through a liver transplant. If he is yellow he probably has liver problems.
2007-01-27 15:24:03 · answer #5 · answered by jan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are u nuts? No one can live without liver. Liver has more than one thousand function in human body and there isn't any organ that can replace a lot of function like liver. your friends must have half of his liver.
2007-01-27 15:20:36 · answer #6 · answered by edmund 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well you can look at this picture 2 different ways. (1).. TO live without your internal liver is virtually impossible. it is one of the most functional organs our body needs to survive. (2) TO live without EATING liver is possible. but i couldn't live without my liver, I have to have fried chicken liver with hot sauce on it at least once a week. hope this makes sense to you, and answers your question.
2007-01-27 18:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by deanrusk44 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you can not live without it. I would say he has liver disease because of the yellow but he still has his liver.
2007-01-27 15:17:00 · answer #8 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO, you cannot live without it!
Yellowing of the skin is a sign of liver failure.
2007-01-27 15:16:34 · answer #9 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No , We go as the liver goes. Liver gone he gone !
2007-01-27 16:48:23 · answer #10 · answered by aemalone1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot survive without a liver.
2007-01-27 15:15:18 · answer #11 · answered by rockinout 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋