What is the liver?
This is where the liver is situated
- The Liver is located on the right upper abdomen and is reddish brown in color.
- Its size is five times the size of your fist.It is divided into two lobes, right and left. The right lobe constitute two third of the liver.
- Liver main blood supply comes from portal vein which bring blood from gut rich in nutrient and the other supply is from hepatic artery.
- Liver blood flows ot through hepatic veins into inferior vena cava.
- Bile produced by liver goes to the gut through bileduct and help in digestion of food.
- Gallbladder is located on the undersurface of the right lobe of the liver. It is a pear shaped organ,greenish in colour , stores bile and contract to release bile into gut when we eat food.
Functions of the liver?
- Clear blood from toxins
- Bile production for food digestion
- Produces albumin and clotting factors
- Metabolises the nutrient absorbed from gut.