Liver - Ted intro. video

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbh3SjzydnQ

Liver - 1.4 kg 

        - 24 hours a day.

        - storehouse as well as manufacturing hub as well as processing plant. 

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Filters body blood - regular shipment from two sources

     - "hepatic artery" delivers blood from the heart. 

     - "hepatic portal vein" brings it from the intestine. 

       - this double delivery fills the liver with nutrients 

         - sorts, processes and stores with the help of tiny processing unit (lobules).

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Both blood flows also deliver the oxygen that the liver needs to function. 

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Blood received from intestine contains carbs, fats, vitamins, other nutrients dissolved in it from the food consumed.

need processing in  different ways. 

  For example, carbs - convert to sugar - for energy 

  leftover nutrient  don't immediately required - liver keep it in the storage facility. - (like a pantry). 

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Blood also contains toxins. by-products as well. 

convert into product - whisk away them  - channel through kidney/ intestine to excrete.

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make blood plasma protein - transport fatty acids and help from blood cots. 

make cholesterol that helps the body create harmones. 

Vitamin D 

substance that help digesting.

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Most important product - BILE 

Livers cells called hepatocyctes - 

convert  toxic  into greenish liquid. 

Bile funneled to small container below liver called gallbladder - trickle to intestine to help breakdown fats, destroy microbes, neutralize extra stomach acid. 

Bile also helps to move toxin out of the body. 

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Avoid overburdening of Liver. One way is to have moderate diet. 

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The Liver is also one of the few organs that can regenerate if damaged or severed. Even if you cut out most of it, and only had 1/3rd left, it can still fully recover.

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