Liver functions and importance by Mudduki

Where liver occur liver

Liver occur in abdomen on the right side and on the top.  It is largest organ of our body and also it is vital organ of our bod. There are more than 500 function of our liver. 

Parts of the liver 

There are four lobs of the  liver as shown below

1-Right lobe 

2-light lobe

3-Caudate lobe

4-Guadrate lobe

5-Coronary ligament

Liver weight

The weight of the liver is about 1.5 kg in the abdomen.

Doctor advice 

If someone is the patient of the liver disease then doctor advice him to used the low foods such as lower energy foods so that there will be no need to control the liver disease because of the low eating. Liver function is more pivotal to our body if any disturbance occur in our liver our whole body is disturbed by this disease.

Functions of liver

There are following functions of the liver

1-Metabolic function

Proteins

Carbohydrate 

Fats

Vitamin 

Storage functions of the liver 

Vitamin A, B 12,D

Iron folic acid

Glycogen amino acid

The food we eat every day should be stored in some place so liver is the exactly that place where this energy is stored.

Synthetic functions

In our body should be a organ for the synthesis of specific things such as shown below

Glucose 

Protein

1-Plasma protein

2-Clotting factor

3-Hormone binding protein 

Steroid

All these nutrients are syntheses are by the liver and all of these are  pivotal for the body health.

Secreting functions

 Liver secret 

1-bile which is the important for the digestion and absorption of the food.

Liver Excretion

All things we eat and receive energy and for other other purposes. This is nature rule that every thing waste something for example from plants 

Plants undergoes to photosynthesis and produce water as the product of the photosynthesis and realse CO 2 as a waste product same as there are some things that must be undergoes to the excretion for example

1-Liver removes bacteria 

2-Liver removes virus 

3-Liver removes Toxins

4-Metals like arsenic, bismuth and lead

5- Bile pigment and cholesterol

All these things are dangerous or harmful for our body so liver excrete all these things from our body. Liver kill all these things with the help of the bile.  Bacteria are present in our food which we daily used if liver does not pay their rule then we can ill.

Heat production 

Liver also produce heat through the metabolism of the carbohydrate, proteins,  fats and the vitamins. Liver is the largest organ of our body which produce heat for different purposes that occur in our body. Heat quantity is more important for the purposes of the maintenance in different environments.

Hemopoetic function of the Liver

When we have not born at this time our liver is in active from and prepare the blood for our body.

1-In fetus liver produce blood cells

2-B 12 and folic acid for erythrocytes

3-Iron for hemoglobin

4-And promotes plat elates production

5-Red blood cells after 120 days of life span destroy in liver

Hemoglobin is the protein which is used for the clotting of the blood cells if an injury occur and in this case blood lost and in this time hemoglobin clot the blood  and in this way blood is saved So this protein is important protein.

In activation of drugs and hormones

Liver can inactivates the drugs and hormones.

It can also convert fat soluble medicines  to water soluble.

And can also inactive growth hormone such as growth hormone, insulin and the estrogen hormones.

Defense functions of the liver

1- Liver can kills the microorganisms such as bacteria

2-Viruses

3-Toxins

It also protect us from different disease and keep our health good. So liver is an important organ of our body.