The term "bulk of the liver" typically refers to the majority or largest portion of the liver's mass and volume. It encompasses the liver's functional tissue, including hepatocytes, which are responsible for various metabolic processes. Understanding the bulk of the liver is important in assessing liver health and function, as well as in diagnosing liver diseases.
Adjacent means "next to." Hepatic means related to the liver. Parenchyma means the bulk of an organ. So adjacent hepatic parenchyma is the bulk of the organ next to...something else. So if the previous sentence in the report referred to the gallbladder, the adjacent hepatic parenchyma is the liver tissue next to the gallbladder.
The liver is responsible for the bulk of metabolism in the body. It processes nutrients from the digestive system, detoxifies harmful substances, and produces essential molecules for various physiological processes.
Bulk means a large quantity of something.
I would have to say the liver. Although the kidneys are used to filter many pharmaceuticals, the liver takes on the bulk of that job.
yes, it means bleeding into or from the liver.
What can correct your liver
Parenchyma refers to the bulk of an organ. Thus, the liver parenchyma is the bulk of the liver (not the capsule around it, or the blood vessels that go through it). The brain parenchyma is the bulk of the brain (not the meninges or the spinal cord or optic nerves).
under the liver
Hepatic.
Outside the liver
Are you sure you don't mean Liver drugs? As in drugs that can damage your liver?
Such scarring of the liver is called cirrhosis.Cirrhosis of the liver.