Liver (āϝāĻā§āϤ) : Biology (Human Digestive System) : āĻā§ā§ąāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāύ (āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻĒāĻžāĻāύāϤāύā§āϤā§ā§°)
Structure of the Liver : āϝāĻā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻ āύ
- Hepatic Duct – Carries bile from the liver. : āĻšā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āĻ – āϝāĻā§āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- Bile Duct – Carries bile to the small intestine. : āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻā§āĻ – āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°āϞ⧠āϞ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
- Portal Vein – Brings nutrient-rich blood from the intestine to the liver. : āĻĒ’ā§°ā§āĻā§āϞ āĻā§āĻāύ – āĻ āύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§° ā§°āĻā§āϤ āϝāĻā§āϤāϞ⧠āĻāύā§āĨ¤
- Hepatic Artery – Supplies oxygenated blood to the liver. : āĻšā§āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§ – āϝāĻā§āϤāϞ⧠āĻ āĻā§āϏāĻŋāĻā§āύāϝā§āĻā§āϤ ā§°āĻā§āϤ āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ āϧ⧰ā§āĨ¤
- Gallbladder – Stores bile produced by the liver. : āĻ’āϞāĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžā§° (āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻĨāϞāĻŋ) – āϝāĻā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āϏāĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- Duodenum – First part of the small intestine where bile enters. : āĻĄā§āĻāĻĄā§āύāĻžāĻŽ – āĻā§āώā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ āĻāĻļ, āϝ’āϤ āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§āĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Functions of Liver : āϝāĻā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§āĻš
• Produces bile for digestion. : āϝāĻā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻŋāϤā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
• Helps in fat digestion. : āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ (Fat) āĻĒāĻžāĻāύāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
• Stores vitamins and glycogen. : āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻā§āύ āϏāĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
• Detoxifies harmful substances. : āĻ āĻļā§°ā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Key Point: The liver is the largest internal organ and plays an important role in digestion, storage, and detoxification.
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