ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The liver’s role is to:
A
Mash up food
B
Turn water into food
C
Remove harmful substances from the blood
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When the liver has broken down harmful substances, its by-products are excreted into the bile or blood. Bile by-products enter the intestine and leave the body in the form of feces. Blood by-products are filtered out by the kidneys, and leave the body in the form of urine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Blood coming from the digestive organs flows through the portal vein to the liver, carrying nutrients, medication and also toxic substances. Once they reach the liver, these substances are processed, stored, altered, detoxified, and passed back into the blood or released in the bowel to be eliminated.

Detailed explanation-3: -The liver turns the toxic ammonia into a substance called urea. The liver releases this into the blood where the kidneys excrete it via the urine. The liver also removes alcohol from the blood, as well as affects many medications a person takes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The organ identifies and breaks down the components absorbed, either carbohydrates, fat or protein and acts as a reserve of energy for our organism. Harmful substances such as tobacco, alcohol or fine particles are processed by the liver, and then discharged from the body through the kidneys, digestive or sweating.

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