MICROANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -The liver is a reddish brown colour because it is saturated in blood. Every two and a half minutes a gallon of blood passes through the liver’s complicated network of arteries, veins and capillaries.

Detailed explanation-2: -The human liver is an organ and gland in the human body. It’s spongy, wedge-shaped, reddish-brown in color and about the size of a football.

Detailed explanation-3: -A healthy liver is dark reddish-brown in color, and is shaped like a wedge. Some doctors have described the liver’s shape as that of a football that’s been flattened on one side. Your liver is made up of two main lobes, or sections.

Detailed explanation-4: -The color is brown and the surface is smooth. A normal liver is about 1200 to 1600 grams. On physical examination, what is the normal range of the liver span on percussion?