What exactly does a frog liver do? I mean, it's not as if a frogs drink beer.?

Question

Or any alcholic beverage, really.

EDIT: Thank you, Brian.

Answer 1

Livers help to metabolize nutrients/sterols in the blood, and break down fats in the digestive tract.

Answer 2

Liver Of A Frog

Answer 3

A frog's liver, like a pig's, is similar in function to that of a human's. The liver metabolizes compounds such as drugs, meaning, that they are broken down or sent on unmetabolized to the kidney and passed out of the system into the urine. Compounds that are metabolized, will be broken down into their constituent parts and will enter the blood stream for usage. For instance, carbohydrates help with the construction and stabilization of cell membranes.

Answer 4

One of the major functions of the liver (besides producing chemicals to help digest things, and metabolizing toxins) is to store or release glucose. It stores it in response to insulin when our blood sugar is high (immediately after we have eaten a candy bar, for example), and releases it in response to glucagon when blood sugar is low (in the middle of the night, for example, when we haven't eaten anything for several hours). The whole point is to keep the level of sugar in the blood the same at all times - homeostasis.

Answer 5

Well, livers aren't in our body just so that we can tolerate alcohol. They're there for a lot of reasons. If there's something that we can't have in our bodies, then the liver will be responsible for pushing that something out.

Answer 6

Oh...WOW. Did it ever occur to you that the majority of liver-bearing organisms do not consume beer (or any alcoholic beverage)... So why would evolution allow for such an organ?

Answer 7

shut the **** up you losers