Monday, July 6, 2009

LIVER FUNCTIONS

The liver is an organ in living beings, including humans.

It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including

glycogen storage,

plasma protein synthesis,

drug detoxification.

This organ also is the largest gland in the human body. It produces bile, which is important in digestion.

It performs and regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions requiring specialized tissues

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