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Liver (Function (Manufacture (Blood plasma (transport fatty acids to help…
Liver
Function
Storage
Leftover nutrients go into storage
Manufacture
Blood plasma
transport fatty acids to help form blood clots
Cholesterol
for hormones
Vitamin D
substances that help digestion
Hepatocytes
To convert toxic waste products into bile
Bile is then funneled into gallbladder
Then trickled into the intestine to break down fats, destroy microbes and neutralize extra stomach acid and take out byproducts
Proccessing
filter the blood
Lobules
Fats
Carbs
Carbs turn in to sugar which is turned into energy
Vitamins
Turns toxins and byproducts into useful substances or isolates them
Puts them into the kidneys and intestines to be excreted
Our bodies need it to be running
Main vein (hepatic portal vein)
Delivers blood from intestines
Fills liver with nutrients
Low oxygen
Main artery (hepatic artery)
Delivers blood from heart to be filtered
Fills liver with nutrients
High oxygen
Appearance
Deamination
the removal of an amino group from an amino acid or other compound
