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Describe the structure of the liver and explain its
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Describe the structure of the liver and explain its functions in maintaining homeostasis The liver is the largest organ in our body it weighs about 1.5kg, it is situated in the abdomen just below the diaphragm. The liver helps to regulate the composition of the blood, it has two blood supplies the hepatic artery and the hepatic portal vein and also has a blood removal hepatic vein. The hepatic artery carries oxygenated blood from the dorsal aorta, whilst the hepatic portal vein carries deoxygenated blood from the gut. The hepatic vein is responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava; these blood vessels are known as the interlobular vessels. The structure of the liver consists of a large number of lobules, these are cylindrical in shape and each one is approximately 1mm in diameter. Each lobule consists of liver cells arranged in rows radiating from the...
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