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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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How many drinks can a womans liver process in one hour?
The metabolic and absorption rates of alcohol vary based on factors of body weight, sex, genetics and the effects of eating. The going rule is that for an adult the liver can cope with one drink, as defined by a shot, a can of beer, or a glass of wine, per hour. This is not to suggest that indefinite consumption is healthy, or this equation is meets blood alcohol concentrations that are permitted for driving.
What is the study of the liver?
Histology is the general term for studying cells. Hepatology is the study of liver cells.
Does glucagon have an effect on the liver?
yes it has it also has side effects and can be qiet amusing the contram gets to the liver and nuetreleises thewcatasrphic cells
What is the cause of a small liver?
Cirrhosis and nodular cirrhosis can cause a small liver. Cirrhosis can be caused by alcohol abuse, hepatitis B and C, fatty liver disease, or something else.
Is the liver and appendix contralateral?
No the gallbladder is superior to the appendix. Contralateral only applies if they were to be opposite ends of each other i.e. the right arm is contralateral to the left leg.
Storage sac that holds the bile that is produced in the liver?
The gallbladder produces and stores bile. It releases bile to help digest food.
Does Insulin stimulate glucose transport into liver cells?
No, wrong distractor.
Insulin is produced in the islet cells (Islets of Langerhans) in the pancreas.
The hepatic cells in the liver produce bile, an alkaline digestive fluid, and also the clotting factors of blood. They also break down insulin, along with fats (producing cholesterol) and ammonia, and remove damaged red blood cells.
What do the liver and pancreas produce to assist digestion?
It produces bile that breaks down fats and toxins into less harmful substances
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Celiac trunk.
If some of the liver is removed will it grow back?
If you cut off 80% of your liver, it will continue to work. after 2-3 months, you would find the whole liver intact as it was before cutting. scientists have found out that the liver really grows. so,the liver is called the chemical factory of the human body.
less fat than animal-based foods. Limit your fat intake to no more than 30
How does urea travel from the liver to the kidney?
Urea is produced in the liver and taken to the hepatic vein. To vena cava then through all the heart things, lungs back down the heart and to the aorta. Then it goes to the renal artery and to the kidneys.
How big does your liver need to be to live?
The adult human liver normally weighs between 1.4 - 1.6 kilograms (3.1 - 3.5 pounds), and it is a soft, pinkish-brown boomerang shaped" organ. It is the second largest organ (the largest organ being the skin) and the largest gland within the human body. It is located on the right side of the upper abdomen below the diaghram. The liver lies to the right of the stomach.
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Which organ produces bile to break down fats so they can be absorbed and used by the body?
The liver is the organ the makes the liquid bile. It helps digest fats and lipids.
What weighs more liver or kidney?
The liver weighs 3 to 4 pounds and the kidney weighs only a 3 to 6 ounces.
The liver lobes are subdivisions of the liver. There are four of them. They are the left lobe, right lobe, quadrate and caudate lobes.
What liver damage results from alcohol abuse?
When progressive disease such as alcohol damage or hepatitis destroys enough liver tissue, the scarring that results shrinks the liver and constricts blood flow.
What is the medical term meaning softening of the liver?
Epidermolysis is the medical term meaning loosening of the skin.
How is excess glucose stored in liver and muscle cells?
After a meal, as blood glucose rises, the pancreas is the first organ to respond. It releases the hormone insulin, which signls the body's tissues to take up surplus glucose. Muscle and liver cells use some of this excess glucose to build glycogen.
What happens to your liver if you take too much lithium and alcohol?
Lithium is used to treat bipolar disorder that can cause liver toxicity. Drinking alcohol will give more damage to the liver.
Is liver an organ or organ system or organism?
Liver is an organ. It is made up of many different types of tissues which work together in order to function as an organ.
Does chemical digestion take place in the liver?
Chemical digestion does not take place in the liver, rather, the liver secretes digestive liquids into the small intestine. The actual digestion takes place in the small intestine.
