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Liver

The liver is a reddish brown gland that secretes digestive juices to aid in the digestion and absorption of food.

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Can liver hurt?

Only if you consume alcohol.Alcohol can cause liver and brain damage.

Relative to the kidneys the liver is what?

The liver is much larger than the kidneys. However, they are part of the same general system, filtering the body.

Is Chicken Liver good for Diabetics?

Chicken liver is good for diabetics. It is the breading on the fried livers that you have to be careful of. Chicken liver, high in Vitamin K, helps promote blood clotting and wound healing.

What is hepatic parenchyma?

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 receives blood from what two sources?

from hepatic portal vein and hepatic artery

Why does cholesterol deposit in the liver?

because of endothelial injury..refer patholgy

What changes in the composition of the blood take place in the lungs?

Oxygen levels go up while CO2 levels go down.

In the lungs, oxygen is absorbed into the blood while carbon dioxide is eliminated through exhaling.

After you have a liver transplant?

There is no exact model to predict survival rates; however, those with transplants have a 58% chance of surviving 15 years.

What is the only part of the human body that is capable of growing ten times its normal size when it gets excited?

Contrary to the incorrect believe of some, it is not the penis. Considering the average size of a flaccid penis is 3-4 inches, that would mean that it would expand to 30-40 inches!

The correct answer is: the pupils of your eyes.

When you experience pleasure, your pupils briefly dilate. Anger and fear can cause the pupils to constrict.

Is the bile mad in the liver?

Bile is a body fluid that appears dark yellow - light green. It is produced by the liver and you may taste it when you throw up. It's that sourness that you taste after throwing up.

The colon travels upward from the cecum to the under surface of the liver?

The ascending colon extends from the cecum to the under surface of the liver where it turns to the left to become the transverse colon.

Does gonorrhea affect your liver?

Neisseria gonorrhoeae doesn't cause liver disease.

What stores and drips bile into the small intestine?

If the gallbladder is functioning properly, it will pass the digestive juices to the small intestine.

What is a grossly normal liver?

"gross" is a medical term meaning that upon visual inspection, the liver appears normal. Then the liver is examined microscopically and the report might show abnormalities like disease process, etc.

What is the use of liver in human being?

Your liver is the second largest organ, and the first largest internal organ.

It creates clotting factors for your blood, gets rid of toxins, creates bile for digestion, breaks down carbohydrates, amino acids and lipids, and plays a vital role in metabolism and heat generation. Not to mention, the hundreds, if not thousands of other functions.

Without a liver, a person would die due to toxicity.

What is a subcapsular lesion?

small subcapsular lesion of the liver

What causes a lacerated liver?

The liver is a large organ in the right upper part of the abdomen. When people have severe trauma to the abdomen it can rip (the laceration) and cause life threatening bleeding (or bleeding that is not bad - it varies). If the bleeding if felt to be serious the treatment is to do surgery and repair it.

Can you trace the path taken by a molecule of urea from the time it is produced in the liver to the time it leaves the body in the urine?

Renal artery à afferent arteriole à glomerulus à Bowman's capsule à proximal tubule à loop of Henle à distal tubule à collecting duct --> renal pelvis --> ureter --> bladder --> urethra

What are all the effects of alcohal on the liver?

There are no effects on the liver unless a person abuses alcohol over a period of many years or decades.

However, alcohol abuse can lead to cirrhosis, or permanent scarring of the liver, and many other dangerous diseases.

How many lobes does a fetal pig have in the liver?

"The right lung of a pig has 4 lobes, and the left has 2 or 3 (the number can differ). The reason for the lobe differences is that the heart is positioned further to the left hand side, and the interference of other internal organs prevents the left lung from growing into the thoracic cavity as the right lung does.

I dissected a fetal pig last semester, and still had my lab book laying around, so there you go. :c)

Source(s):Perry, Morton, Perry. Laboratory Manual for General Biology, 5 ed. Published by Thomson, Brooks/Cole, 2007."

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How long does drugs stay in the liver?

food does not stay in liver it only secrete pile juice stomach can store food for sometimes

What is the tissues of the liver and their function?

Liver tissue is made up of two types of cells: karat parenchymal and non-parenchymal cells. The karat parenchymal cells are known as hepatocytes. There are several types of non-parenchymal cells: Sinusoidal hepatic endothelial cells, Kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells. The liver has a number of functions, including synthesizing hormones and breaking down substances for metabolization by the body's various systems.