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Both the heart and liver are vital to life, as is brain stem functioning. Humans can also live with damage to the heart or liver. But, it is harder to live with liver damage than to live with heart damage. The liver "detoxes" the entire body and is vital to process many of the medications ill persons must take to survive. But when the liver is damaged, it cannot process the toxins and by-products like a healthy liver can. Toxins build up in the blood stream until they begin to damage the brain and other organs.
Interestingly, though, one person can die from Heart disease but have a relatively healthy liver.... while another person can die from liver ailments/damage while having a relatively strong heart!
But, while each are vital to life, I'd have to say the liver's 'health' is more important in both health and in chronic medical conditions.
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What organ is the most important?
the heart and the liver because the heart pumps blood and the liver protects it
Which one is the largest in human body heart liver kidney?
The liver is larger but the heart wieghs more.
What are the three most important parts in our digestive system?
the liver,the kidneys,and the heart.
What is the name of organ A?
The answer is the Heart. or Liver or lung. You have to be more specific.
How does a heart attack damage the liver?
A heart attack itself will not directly damage your liver unless it's related to long term heart failure. If you have right-side heart failure, your liver will not be affected. If you have left-side heart failure your liver may become enlarged.
What do ribcage mean?
Ribs contain and support the thoracic cavity, which includes the heart/lungs/liver. The liver is localized in the abdominal cavity, under the diaphragm . If the liver is in the thoraxic cavity thats abnormal.
Is hepatitis an inflammation of the heart?
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver not the heart. hepatic refers to the liver while cardia refers to the heart.
What cleans the blood?
Its simple the heart filters the blood.The heart does not filter blood. Your kidneys and liver filter toxins from your blood. Mostly your kidneys. Your liver aids more in digestion, but also filters blood.
What does deer heart and liver taste like?
EWWW why would you want to now that's just nasty and probably very gross. Deer heart and liver taste very similar to beef/pork/lamb, or any other large animal heart and liver. the younger the animal, the more mild and tender they are, but deer liver and onions cooked in bacon grease is delicious. and stuffed deer heart is very good.
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heart I would say it is very likely to be the liver [certainly looks alot more like a liver than a heart in the movie] The liver is very rich in vitamins ect & it would've been considered a choice cut
What organs of the body are most likely to be affected by adr?
heart liver lungs
What bodily organ was associated with love in Shakespearean times?
The heart, or alternatively, the genitals.
