what does the liver do?
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The liver has a bunch of functions. Not only does it help to filter things out of the blood, but it also produces cholesterol and stores extra energy that is released to the muscles as glycogen (a kind of carbohydrate). It also plays a role in digestion by interacting with the gall bladder, which is attached to it, but I don't remember exactly what the liver does in that case.
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The drainage of the liver can be very complex.  Before you work on the liver lymphatics you need to start with the rest of the body.  Starting at the top of the head you would work down the sides of head, to the face, waterwheel, down the neck to the clavicle, the chest, axilla, breasts, chest, thoracic duct, and repeat the process until those channels were draining smoothly.  \n\nThere are deep and superficial pathways, left and right lobe pathways.  The superior convex of the liver drains through ascending pathways.  The liver's deeper circulation drain inferior to the hilus.  Then these flow along the portal vein, opposite to the direction of blood flow, and then join the celiac nodes before entering the thoracic duct.  Draining the liver is very important because it dumps waste from the extracellular tissue.  The gallbladder also drains through this area.
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well,liver is made up of specific type of cell called HEPATCYTE.here is a brief assay on liver:\n*the liver is an organ in vertebrates,including humans,it plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including drug detoxification, glycogen storage,and plasma protein synthesis,it also produces bile,which is important for digestion,also it has a special feature that it can regenerate the removed part of it that makes the liver to regain the same shape.
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Unfortunately, liver is very, very rarely cooked properly.\nThe day you have proper liver, you won't complain.
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The liver creates bile and mixes it with feces or stool and that gives it the brown color. Foods affect it a little. Eat greens with chlorophyll and that has green color. Eat lots of carrots and it is a lighter brown.
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liver\nliver, largest glandular organ of the body, weighing about 3 lb (1.36 kg). It is reddish brown in color and is divided into four lobes of unequal size and shape. The liver lies on the right side of the abdominal cavity beneath the diaphragm. Blood is carried to the liver via two large vessels: the hepatic artery carries oxygen-rich blood from the aorta, and the portal vein carries blood containing digested food from the small intestine. These blood vessels subdivide in the liver repeatedly, terminating in minute capillaries. Each capillary leads to a lobule. Liver tissue is composed of thousands of lobules, and each lobule is made up of hepatic cells, the basic metabolic cells of the liver. One of the liver's major functions is the manufacture and secretion of bile, which is stored in the gall bladder and released in the small intestine. Bile salts emulsify fats, a process that prepares the latter for digestion by the intestinal enzymes (see digestive system). The hepatic cells assimilate carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. They convert glucose to its stored form, glycogen, which is reconverted into glucose as the body requires it for energy. The ability of the liver to maintain the proper level of glucose in the blood is called its glucose buffer function. The end products of fat digestion, fatty acids, are used to synthesize cholesterol and other substances needed by the body. Excess carbohydrates and protein are also converted into fat by the liver. Digested proteins in the form of amino acids are broken down further in the liver by deamination. Part of the amino acid molecule is converted into glycogen and other compounds. Urea, a waste product of protein breakdown, is produced by the liver, a process which removes poisonous ammonia from the body fluids. The liver is also capable of synthesizing certain amino acids (the so-called nonessential amino acids) from other amino acids in a process called transamination. Some essential components of blood are manufactured by the liver, including about 95% of the plasma proteins and the blood-clotting substances (fibrinogen, prothrombin, and other coagulation factors). The liver also filters harmful substances from the blood. Phagocytic cells in the liver, called Kupffer cells, remove large amounts of debris and bacteria. In addition, the liver stores important vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A, D, K, and B12. Several diseases states can affect the liver, such as hepatitis (an inflammation of the liver) and cirrhosis (a chronic inflammation that progresses ultimately to organ failure). Alcohol alters the metabolism of the liver, which can have overall detrimental effects over long periods of abuse. In 1994, a bioartificial liver, part machine, part cloned living liver cells, was used for the first time. Functioning somewhat like a kidney dialysis machine, the bioartificial liver can support patients with acute liver failure until their own livers regenerate, or it can be used by patients while waiting for a liver transplant.
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your liver cleans your body and when its not working the wast piles up causing swelling
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gall bladder is a gland situated below the largest gland of our body, the liver. after the production of bile by the liver. it is stored in the gall bladder because the liver has other functions to follow such storing glucose ,etc. from the gall bladder the bile is put into the small intestine through the common bile duct.(cbd)
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Basic question on structure and function.  Blood test can tell you how your liver is functioning or if there is any damage occuring. Tests included SGOT, SGPT, Alk Phos, bilirubin, PT, PTT, INR, NH3.  Again this is a test of how you liver is functioning.  If there is a disturbance of function, then the question is what is causing the disturbance.  Can the disturbance be caused by something structural like a stone, a mass, or abcess etc.  This is where a CT scan can be useful.  CT scan will look at the structure of the liver and can detect structural abnormalities that may be causing the liver blood test abnormalities.\n\nRemember that in medicine  we sometimes need more then one test to fully evaluate an organ.  And again to evaluate and organ we look at function of the organ and then structure of it.  For the lungs - Chest Xray and Pulmonary Function Test.  For Kidneys - blood and urine test and CT or U/S. For heart - stress test, ekg, echo. etc
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5. Water Intake -- From the standpoint of water intake and fat loss, you want to be in a position where the liver is converting stored fat to energy. The liver has other functions, but this is one of its main jobs. Unfortunately, another of the liver’s duties is to pick up the slack for the kidneys, which need plenty of water to work properly (more than most people realize). \nIf the kidneys are water-deprived, the liver has to do the work of the kidneys along with its own (lowering its total productivity in the process). The liver then can’t metabolize fat as quickly or efficiently. If you allow this to happen, you’re setting yourself up to store fat because you've made the liver less efficient at turning stored body fat to energy. \n\nUsually if you multiply .55 times your weight, that should be enough in ounces of water to suffice. Water is the under rated fat loss tool.
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Bile, bitter, neutral, or slightly alkaline fluid secreted by the liver and passed through a duct into the gallbladder, where it is stored and, as necessary, released into the duodenum. As formed in the liver, bile is a thin, watery fluid to which the gallbladder adds a mucous secretion, forming a complex thickened and stringy substance consisting of salts and bile salts, proteins, cholesterol, hormones, and enzymes. The gallbladder returns water containing salts and other materials to the circulation and concentrates the complex further by a tenfold reduction of the bile salts, which the liver synthesizes from cholesterol. Such foods as fats, egg yolk, and foods rich in cholesterol cause concentrated bile, together with secretions from the pancreas, to be discharged into the duodenum to promote digestion, to stimulate peristalsis and absorption, and to carry off excess cholesterol and the disintegration products of overage red blood cells. The hemoglobin of such disintegrating cells degrades rapidly into reddish-yellow bilirubin, predominant in the bile of carnivorous and omnivorous animals, and biliverdin, a green pigment that appears in the bile of herbivores. Under normal conditions, the liver efficiently clears these pigments.\n\nCertain conditions create an inability to excrete bile, and this may create serious disabilities, such as jaundice. In obese and immobilized persons, in pregnant women, and in cases of obstruction of flow of bile, gallstones may be formed by precipitation of bilirubin in combination with calcium and cholesterol. Stasis frequently coexists with inflammation and infection of the gallbladder; this may alter the concentration of bile constituents and create debris around which bile and its components may precipitate to form gallstones, which may then block the common bile duct to reduce or stop the flow of bile. Inflammation and infection, together with the consequent regurgitation of bile into the liver, may damage that organ, sometimes causing cirrhosis.\n\n© 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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The pancreas is the organ that contains the Alpha-Islet cells, also more commonly known as the Islets of Langerhans, which secrete insulin which is the enzyme responsible for lowering blood sugar, and beta-islet cells which are responsible for secreting proteins and enzymes responsible for causing the liver to convert stored reserves of glycogen in the liver into glucose to raise the blood sugar level to a normal level if the blood glucose level is below normal.
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LIVER\n\nIt plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including glycogen storage, plasma protein synthesis, and drug detoxification. This organ also is the largest gland in the human body. It produces bile, which is important in digestion. It performs and regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions requiring specialized tissues.\n\nFAT\n\nFats play a vital role in maintaining healthy skin and hair, insulating body organs against shock, maintaining body temperature, and promoting healthy cell function. They also serve as energy stores for the body. Fats are broken down in the body to release glycerol and free fatty acids. The glycerol can be converted to glucose by the liver and thus used as a source of energy. The fatty acids are a good source of energy for many tissues, especially heart and skeletal muscle.
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I would guess the Liver.......but thats just a guess
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It effects the brain, damages the liver, and can let to serious illnesses.
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The primary function of the liver is metabization of good and bad substances in the blood.  It stores a supply of glycogen which is used when the body requires extra strength.
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it is the only organ that can reproduce itself in time. this is why people who abuse drugs and alcohol can still have a chance to live a good life. it does not take much to overwhel the liver one or two drinks. yet it can fix itself in time.