If you mean the body organ, there is no synonym. The old Greek word was 'hepar' from which we get the adjective 'hepatic', meaning pertaining to the liver. If you mean 'a person who lives', this is not a frequently used word, and alternatives would often be descriptions rather than nouns (one who is alive?) but you might say 'dweller' or 'inhabitant' in the sense of one who lives in a particular place.
According to the American Liver Foundation, liver disease affects approximately 25 million (one in 10) Americans annually.
How does the Liver regenerate?
Well, would you want it NOT to repair itself? I mean, if your liver did not repair itself then it would eventually break down, like a car. If you asked why a liver DOES NOT repair itself, 1, you need to check what you wrote, and 2, I isn't built that way.
The liver. The alcohol that is absorbed from the stomach and small intestine enters the portal vein that leads directly to the liver, which is the major detoxifying organ of the body. A healthy liver metabolizes pure alcohol at the rate of about 6/10ths of an ounce per hour.
Is nucleus found in liver cell?
Every eukaryotic cell contains a nucleus, which includes every cell in the human body.
How does bile get from the liver to the duodenum?
After it is made in the liver, bile is stored in the gallbadder, which is located just behind the liver. The bile duct links the gall bladder with the duodenum. When the partially digested stomach contents enter the duodenum, the bile travels from the gallbladder, through the bile duct and into the duodenum.
Where does glucose go after leaving the liver?
This Glucose is reabsobed by the blood so that it can be passed around the body
How do humans get liver fluke disease?
Liver flukes can be caused by eating undercooked pork products. Undercooked pork contains a bacteria that can cause liver flukes.
Symptoms of cirrhosis or liver disease?
What are the symptoms and signs of cirrhosis? Patients with cirrhosis may have few or no symptoms and signs of liver disease. Some of the symptoms may be nonspecific, that is, they don't suggest that the liver is their cause. Some of the more common symptoms and signs of cirrhosis include: * Yellowing of the skin (jaundice) due to the accumulation of bilirubin in the blood * Fatigue * Weakness * Loss of appetite * Itching * Easy bruising from decreased production of blood clotting factors by the diseased liver.
Why do you have a white liver?
White Liver Disease:
A specific hepatic dysfunction characterized by extensive hepatic lipidosis and seen only in cobalt deficient sheep. Clinically there is either photosensitization or anemia with emaciation. It is probably a toxic hepatopathy against which cobalt is protective.
White Liver:
A woman with insatiable sexual appetite, a Nymphomaniac.
Is it safe to eat your boogers?
Well it's not potentially dangerous. It does contain bacteria, dirt, hair, and dust. Would you like to eat those? No? Well that's what your boogers are made of.
just go to any pre-school and your question will be answered.;)xD
What happens to your liver when you smoke cigarettes?
Yes, your whole body suffers damage from smoking. Every time you smoke you take 11 minutes off your life.
What is an orthotropic liver transplantation?
Heterotopic transplantation is transplantation of a tissue to a place it is not normally found.
In regards to cardiac transplantation, heterotopic cardiac transplant is the transplant of a donor heart without removing the native heart. This is a rare kind of cardiac transplantation.
How long is the wait for a liver transplant usually?
Bone Marrow transplants has greatly improved in the last couple decades. The rate of survival has also increased. Long ago if someone has cancer, they were dosed with radiation, but there were was the potentail relapse of their cancer or their infection and died.
Which part of the small intestine receives bile from the gallbladder and liver?
The first part of the small intestine, or duodenum, is where the small intestine receives bile to help digest fats.
How can cirrhosis effect the liver?
Cirrhosis is a liver disease caused by several things (top three) including obesity, Hepatitis C, and long term alcohol abuse. The liver is an abdominal organ that filters and detoxifies the blood. If the liver doesn't function properly the toxins build up in the bloodstream. This can be a life threatening situation.
To take care of you cirrhosis you need to:
You will definetly need to talk to a doctor
These things will become part in your/ the cirrhosis patients daily life.
Moral of the lesson: STAY HEALTHY!!! AND DON'T DRINK HEAVILY
How does the liver help the stomach?
The liver and stomach are two different organs. The liver is not in the stomach.
The liver is a vital organ. It has a wide range of functions, including detoxification, protein synthesis, and production of biochemicals necessary for digestion. The liver is necessary for survival; there is currently no way to compensate for the absence of liver function.
the stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the alimentary canal which functions as the primary organ of the digestive tract.
Is cirrhosis of the liver life threatening?
Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia is a condition where the patient's immune system begins attacking its own red blood cells. What occurs on a microscopic level is this: the branch of the immune system that produces antibodies begins to direct them against the patient's own red blood cells. The red blood cells become quickly coated with tiny antibody proteins, essentially marking these red blood cells for destruction.
What does the liver do in the circulatory system?
The liver is important to the circulatory system because it is one of the organs responsible for removing toxins from our blood. Toxins get in our blood when our digestive system breaks down the food we eat. The blood moves on to the liver where it is then filtered for toxin removal.
the liver stores the following; fat, vitamin C, glucose and glycogen.
What are normal liver function test results?
the range for normal AST is reported between 10 to 40 units per liter and ALT between 7 to 56 units per liter.
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the duodenum and liver?
Enter is the root word for (small) intestines, and enteral means pertaining to the small intestine.
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