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Liver D151 Science (the liver plays a number of vital roles such as (The…
Liver D151 Science
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The liver controls the production and excretion of cholesterol and metabolizes alcohol into mild toxin
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The Hepatic portal veins which are blood vessels that carry blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver, pick up nutrients and toxins from the stomach and intestines for processing
the hepatic ducts and gall bladders send the processed file to the duodenum which is about 2 cm long and a c shape
The stomach opens up the duodenum through a pyloric sphincter a muscle that acts as a valve that controls acid food from the stomach into the small intestine
In the body, the liver occupies much of upper right quadrant of the abdomen to the right of the stomach and immediately below the diaphragm