The Liver
This section focuses on the human liver and topics related to
liver health.
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What is the liver?
The liver is one of the most important organs in the human
body and performs a number of metabolic functions that are
essential to human life.
The liver sits in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen
near the stomach and gall bladder, and below the heart and
lungs. It is the second largest organ in the human body. Only
the skin, which is considered to be an organ, is larger. The
liver is the largest gland in the body.
In a normal adult, the he liver weighs about 1.5
kilograms grams or 3-4 pounds. It is wedge-shaped and
generally speaking, it accounts for about 2 percent of the body
mass of adults.
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