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2. Liver - Wikipedia

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   It is both the heaviest internal organ and the largest gland in the human body. It is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity, resting just below the diaphragm, to the right of the stomach, and overlying the gallbladder. [5] The liver is connected to two large blood vessels: the hepatic artery and the portal vein.

3. Human digestive system - Wikipedia

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   The liver synthesises the bulk of lipoproteins. The liver is located in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen and below the diaphragm to which it is attached at one part, the bare area of the liver. This is to the right of the stomach and it overlies the gall bladder. The liver synthesises bile acids and lecithin to promote the digestion of ...

4. Hypochondrium - Wikipedia

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   In other words, the word refers to the area of the ventral trunk that is located below the costal cartilages. [4] The word once referred only to the soft portion of the abdomen between the rib cage and the navel (the region once believed to be the seat of hypochondriasis ), but it is not used that way in modern anatomy's schemes for the regions ...

5. Liver segment - Wikipedia

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   A liver segment is one of eight segments of the liver as described in the widely used Couinaud classification (named after Claude Couinaud) in the anatomy of the liver.This system divides the lobes of the liver into eight segments based on a transverse plane through the bifurcation of the main portal vein, [1] arranged in a clockwise manner starting from the caudate lobe.

6. Human body - Wikipedia

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   The human body is the entire structure of a human being. It is composed of many different types of cells that together create tissues and subsequently organs and then organ systems . The external human body consists of a head , hair , neck , torso (which includes the thorax and abdomen ), genitals , arms , hands , legs , and feet .

7. Possible cause identified in outbreak of severe liver damage ...

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   The results were compared to 113 pediatric patients who were either healthy or had liver problems in which the cause was known. There was no evidence of multiple viruses in this control group.

8. Hepatitis and liver disease spiking in kids - AOL

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   NBC 26 Today talks to Dr. Emma Mohr, a pediatric infectious disease physician at UW Health Kids, about the spiking number of hepatitis cases in children.

9. Lobes of liver - Wikipedia

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   The falciform ligament, visible on the front of the liver, makes a superficial division of the right and left lobes of the liver. From the underside, the two additional lobes are located on the right lobe. [2] A line can be imagined running from the left of the vena cava and all the way forward to divide the liver and gallbladder into two ...