What is the function of the liver
Its main job is to filter the blood that comes from the digestive tract, before it hits the rest of your body. The liver also detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs. As it does so, the liver secretes bile that ends up back in the intestines.
There many
Distribution of blood
Producing heat
Detoxification
Production of bile
To convert glycogen to glucose for energy…, it convert poisonius ammonia to urea, and it store iron e.t.c
Detoxification, deamination
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NA LIVER
It is the quality control machine of the body…whenever anything enters your body,be it food,drug etc it goes to the liver for the liver to work on it before passing it into the circulatory system
A)Homeostasis of…
- Glucose
- Amino acid
- Heat
- Fat
B Storage of…
Vitamins-ADEK
Blood
C Produce…
- Cholesterol
- Bile
3.urea
4.Triglicerides - Non essential Amino acids
D. Detoxification
Secretes the bile juice which stored gall bladder.And the juice contains the bile salts for emulsification of fats
1.Storage large amounts of glycogen.
2. Gluconeogenesis.
3. Formation of many chemical compounds from intermediate products of carbohydrate metabolism.
4.synthesis of fat from proteins and carbohydrates.
5. Synthesis of large amounts of cholesterol, phospholipids, lipoproteins.
6. Formation of urea for removal of ammonia from the body fluids.
7.storage of vitamins-A, D, B12
8. Breakdown of RBC and defense against microorganisms.
9. Synthesis and secretion of bile.
10. Production of heat.
Heat production
Bile production
Detoxification
Metabolize drugs