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The liver is an organ in vertebrates, including humans. 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. It also produces bile, which is important in digestion. It has been described as the chemical plant of the body, as 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.
Anatomy
The adult human liver normally weighs between 1.3 - 3.0 kilograms, and is a soft, pinkish-brown "boomerang shaped" organ. It is the second largest organ (the largest organ being the skin) and the largest gland within the human body. Its anatomical position in the body is immediately under the diaphragm on the right side of the upper abdomen. The liver lies on the right of the stomach and makes a kind of bed for the gallbladder (which stores bile).
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The Patient Guide from the Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation. http://bit.ly/2MahgU
ColumbiaSurgery (Columbia Surgery) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:00:30 -0000
The Patient Guide from the Center for Liver Disease & Transplantation. http://bit.ly/2MahgU
Spent the wkend catching up on MadMen. I love that show. I expect them to fall over from lung cancer, herpes, and liver disease nxt season.
itsjusttv (Jennifer Leitman) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:38:41 -0000
Spent the wkend catching up on MadMen. I love that show. I expect them to fall over from lung cancer, herpes, and liver disease nxt season.
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@WatchWhatYaSay it was a liver disease he can never drink/smoke or be ar0und ppl wh0 do so. But idk y her and the othr grl aren't 0n there
yvettecullen24 (Yvette Horta) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:10:21 -0000
@WatchWhatYaSay it was a liver disease he can never drink/smoke or be ar0und ppl wh0 do so. But idk y her and the othr grl aren't 0n there
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) http://su.pr/2hEaGV
StemCellGF (Stem Cell) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:20:49 -0000
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) http://su.pr/2hEaGV
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) http://su.pr/2hEaGV
yogesh007 (Yogesh) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:38:54 -0000
Hepatitis C is an infectious disease affecting the liver, caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) http://su.pr/2hEaGV
Alcohol and the Liver - Describes effects of alcohol on the liver. Provided by the Canadian Liver Foundation.
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