Liver (āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ) : Biology (Human Digestive System) : āĻœā§€ā§ąāĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ (āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§ą āĻĒāĻžāϚāύāϤāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°)


Structure of the Liver : āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ⧰ āĻ—āĻ āύ



  • Hepatic Duct – Carries bile from the liver. : āĻšā§‡āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ – āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻŦāĻšāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  • Bile Duct – Carries bile to the small intestine. : āĻŦāĻžāχāϞ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϟ – āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°āϞ⧈ āϞ⧈ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤

  • Portal Vein – Brings nutrient-rich blood from the intestine to the liver. : āĻĒ’ā§°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϞ āϭ⧇āχāύ – āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϕ⧰ ā§°āĻ•ā§āϤ āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāϞ⧈ āφāύ⧇āĨ¤

  • Hepatic Artery – Supplies oxygenated blood to the liver. : āĻšā§‡āĻĒāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻ†ā§°ā§āϟāĻžā§°ā§€ – āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāϞ⧈ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ ā§°āĻ•ā§āϤ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāύ āϧ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  • Gallbladder – Stores bile produced by the liver. : āĻ—’āϞāĻŦā§āϞāĻžāĻĄāĻžā§° (āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻĨāϞāĻŋ) – āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤

  • Duodenum – First part of the small intestine where bile enters. : āĻĄā§āĻ“āĻĄā§‡āύāĻžāĻŽ – āĻ•ā§āώ⧁āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āϝ’āϤ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§‡āĻļ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤



Functions of Liver : āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ⧰ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš


Produces bile for digestion. : āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϚāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ ā§°āϏ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Helps in fat digestion. : āχ āĻšā§°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ (Fat) āĻĒāĻžāϚāύāϤ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Stores vitamins and glycogen. : āχ āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻœā§‡āύ āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāϖ⧇āĨ¤


Detoxifies harmful substances. : āχ āĻļ⧰⧀⧰⧰ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§°āĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Key Point: The liver is the largest internal organ and plays an important role in digestion, storage, and detoxification.
āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž: āϝāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻļ⧰⧀⧰⧰ āφāϟāĻžāχāϤāĻ•ā§ˆ āĻĄāĻžāϙ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰⧀āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻ— āφ⧰⧁ āχ āĻĒāĻžāϚāύ, āϏāĻžā§āϚāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻĻā§‚ā§° āϕ⧰āĻžāϤ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤