Learning anatomy/Liver

Accessory organs

• Liver
• Biliary tract
• Pancreas exocrine
• Pancreas endocrine
• Kidney

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Rectum and anus - Biliary tract

Anatomy

The liver is made up of the left lobe, right lobe, caudate lobe, and quadrate lobe. The ligaments are the falciform ligament and the coronary ligament. They are not real ligaments. Instead, they are a piece of peritoneal membrane holding the liver. The lobes of the liver are divided into 8 segments.

Function

The liver has many functions and is a critical part of the digestive system. Did you know that the liver has more than 500 functions and can do 200 functions at the same time!? The liver makes bile, stores nutrients and performs metabolism. Bile is made by hepatocytes which are also called liver cells.