
Liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrates, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of various proteins... Wikipedia
- Precursor: Foregut
- System: Digestive system
- Artery: Hepatic artery
- Vein: Hepatic vein and hepatic portal vein
- Nerve: Celiac ganglia and vagus nerve
- Latin: jecur, iecur
- Greek: hepar (ἧπαρ), root hepat- (ἡπατ-)
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