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The size and location of the liver It seems everyone is familiar with the liver, but specifically ask if the liver in the human body in the end what position? What are the odds? No one can put a few good, said the location would be too low, too high was good, some people will actually be about engaging in a counter. Located in the right upper quadrant of the liver The liver is the largest gland in the human body organ, weighing about 1200 to 1500 grams. It is located in the Ministry of right upper quadrant of the human diaphragm, is probably the location along the bottom of the nipple Youru 4 to 5 centimeters or so, that is, fourth, fifth, sixth behind the ribs, because there is protection of the ribs, usually we can not touch the liver The. Only when the occurrence of certain diseases of the liver and significant, it can be touched under the rib edge. The thicker the right side of the liver, it is round, left the Bianbian, thin, as we often see the color of pig liver, reddish-brown. Around the liver is divided into two leaves, the larger right lobe, accounting for three-fifths, can be divided into pre-and post-Ye Ye. Ye left relatively small, but it can be divided into two leaves, called the medial and lateral Ye Ye, normal, the left lobe of the liver does not exceed the body's location is the center line. There are two sets of liver blood system The liver blood flow is rather special. It has two different sets of the circulatory system to supply nutrients, is a hepatic artery and the other is the hepatic portal vein. Three-quarters of the liver's blood from the hepatic portal vein, by the stomach, small intestine and spleen from pooled blood; the other came from one-fourth of the hepatic artery, which is the abdominal artery of the arterial blood supply. These two blood vessels together into hepatic veins, leaving after the liver into the inferior vena cava, and then return to the heart. Hepatic portal vein is the most important function of the liver to maintain blood vessels, but it will be the impact of the liver, once hardened and fibrosis of the liver occurred when the liver into the hepatic portal vein will be hampered, resulting in increased pressure inside the blood vessels, caused serious Esophageal varices bleeding. The liver is a powerful force to prepare Although there were a lot of liver disease, liver, but not as fragile as we thought. A normal liver has a very strong "capacity to prepare" and "renewable power" as long as people still save a quarter of the normal liver, the body will be able to maintain normal operation. If the disease of the liver will be cut off two-thirds of the time, as long as the rest of the liver is normal, we can live well. Due to strong and even liver regeneration, and the remaining one-third of the liver, a year after a long return to the original 80%. However, if the liver due to hepatitis, alcohol damage, has become hardened, the liver loses its ability to regenerate, but is also prepared to drop at this time, even a small cut of the liver and then may also be caused by insufficient liver function, and the emergence of life-threatening. Liver detoxification expert We always like their favorite thing known as the "darling baby", shows that a very important role in the liver, liver, but only quietly, it is difficult to feel that it is there, in the end in the liver do? We eat good food can be digested and absorbed, can be transformed into the body's use of energy, and excess nutrients can be stored; we have the body of waste discharge in a timely manner; into the body of the toxic ingredients can be transformed into free Drugs, eliminated from the body - all credit to the liver. * Digestion and absorption The human body needs a variety of amino acids, protein, fat, carbohydrates have to rely on synthetic liver, the liver can not be synthesized these substances, our lives will be threatened. From the gastrointestinal absorption of nutrients by the transport of blood to the liver, liver cells, after thousands of chemical-reaction role Synthesis to the physical needs of useful material, such as protein, fat, carbohydrate, as well as certain hormones, These substances can provide physical growth, as well as the defense emergency. * Stored nutrients Intestinal absorption of glucose, fructose, such as fatty acids, the liver was processed into glycogen and stored in the liver. To the needs of the body, and then turning it into glucose to the body. Stored in adipose tissue in the body fat, before use to the liver, liver to convert to the use of heat. Is the physical structure of the protein of raw materials, extra time will be converted into liver glycogen and stored here until a later time to provide heat. The liver can also store some of the other trace elements such as copper, iron and vitamins A, D, E, K. * Detoxification function The liver is the detoxification of the body organs of the total, with the resolve of bacteria, alcohol and other toxins. We eat food, will be from the gastrointestinal tract into the liver, some of which are toxic things such as drugs, some of the chemicals, as well as the protein produced by decomposition of the poison - ammonia, liver cells can be transformed into productive drug-free The material, such as ammonia into urea, and finally discharged by the kidneys. In addition, the liver in the human body for the invasion of pathogens or harmful substances take on more of the antidote, so that the toxic material can be eliminated from the body, metabolism and the resulting toxic substances, such as urea, ammonia is also the need for liver detoxification step further eliminated from the body . * Manufacturing bile Although the bile is stored in the gallbladder, but it is the liver cells. Bile can help us digest fat. * Manufacturing thrombin Thrombin is a blood coagulation factor, an important, if not the liver synthetic of Thrombin, a trauma when there is bleeding. * Phagocytosis The mesh of the liver cells can be swallowed foreign pathogens such as bacteria, and so on.