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- to process digested food from the intestine
-controlling levels of fats, amino acids and glucose in the blood
-combating infections in the body
-clearing the blood of particles and infections including bacteria
-neutralising and destroying drugs and toxins
-manufacturing bile
-storing iron, vitamins and other essential chemicals
-breaking down food and turning it into energy
-manufacturing, breaking down and regulating numerous hormones including sex hormones
-making enzymes and proteins which are responsible for most chemical reactions in the body, for example those involved in blood clotting and repair of damaged tissues.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y ago1.Regulations, Synthesis, and Secretion.
2. Storage.
3.Purification, Transformation, and Clearance.
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∙ 13y agoThe liver can filter out bad stuff in your blood
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∙ 13y agoExtracting the poisons in the body that would otherwise harm the body.
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Why are elevated liver enzymes and abnormal liver functions a concern?
It is a concern because it indicates the liver is impaired in some way. Which will lead to an inability to excrete toxins from the body, as well as the livers hundreds of other functions.
Is producing heat a function of the liver?
Yes it is one of the functions of liver
Can you die from cirrhosis If so why?
Yes. Cirrhosis is the scarring of liver tissue. The functions of the liver are vital to the body. It has over 500 functions. If it is scarred, the functions are not carried out, and the patient can die.
Does the size of the liver affect the body functions?
if the liver is enlarged it is in a state of disease.
What will happen if the liver fail to perform its functions?
Which functions of the liver have failed in this case? You can not live without this organ and it has many functions. The liver makes many proteins, digestive hormones, stores glycogen, breaks down toxins and many others.
What causes a liver to be enlarged?
The liver is the largest gland in the body and it is responsible for many functions in the body. Some of these functions include detoxification of the blood and metabolism of glucose.
How many functions that human liver have?
200
What causes your liver functions to be high?
cheese does
What are the dangers of Vicodin?
It can cause some problems with your liver or with your kidney functions. It would not be a good pain regiment if you have renal or liver failure or complications. Also long exposure to hydrocodone can put a heavy problem on either or other organ functions as with any opiate.
Is liver a lung?
No. The liver and lungs are completely different organs each serving different functions.
What digestive function does the liver perform?
Explain the digestive functions of the liver?
What does drinking do to the normal liver metabolism?
The alcohol stops many of the normal liver functions because it's too busy detoxifying the alcohol. The normal functions resume when the alcohol is gone, though, if enough of the liver is undamaged.
