Notice: Not a lot of brain cells were damaged in the production of this paper. When this paper first began, I found my opinion about the liver was not the best. I believed that the liver is valuable but only produces waste, which is no fun. However, as I began to research the liver and how it plays a huge part in my daily life it changed my perspective. Most things that humans ingest go through the liver at one point or another. The Liver has the ability to turn ineffective or pointless compounds into ones of use to the body. The liver is able to destroy or reconfigure toxins in the body, also it is able to help the body in regulating energy levels. Do you know that the liver can regenerate! It is one of a few organs that have the ability
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The digestion and absorptions of lipids requires bile. Bile is a greenish yellow substance with salt that the liver makes. The liver adds pigment to the bile from the dead blood cells that the liver breaks down .The salt in the bile act like an emulsifier, a substance needed to aid in making a lipid soluble in a watery environment, that help in the digestion and gaining of lipids. After the bile is made in the liver, it is transferred into the gall bladder where it is stored. Bile also helps in the process of breaking down of red blood cells that do not function correctly anymore. The production of bile is needed so that the fats that are eaten can be absorbed and used in the body, and for many other reasons. In the end, the liver has many different jobs that affect humans’ daily life and without it we would be dead.
The Liver is a great work of God. Being able to function at such a high level is astonishing. Some interesting facts about the liver is that it is incharge of five hundred different functions. Out of the five hundred functions, the liver is working two hundred of the functions automatically. On top of all the functions, the liver is able to hold about ten percent of the body’s blood supply at the same time. In the end, God put a lot of thought into our bodies and how they function. He was able to create such an organ to where the body would function
The digestion and absorptions of lipids requires bile. Bile is a greenish yellow substance with salt that the liver makes. The liver adds pigment to the bile from the dead blood cells that the liver breaks down .The salt in the bile act like an emulsifier, a substance needed to aid in making a lipid soluble in a watery environment, that help in the digestion and gaining of lipids. After the bile is made in the liver, it is transferred into the gall bladder where it is stored. Bile also helps in the process of breaking down of red blood cells that do not function correctly anymore. The production of bile is needed so that the fats that are eaten can be absorbed and used in the body, and for many other reasons. In the end, the liver has many different jobs that affect humans’ daily life and without it we would be dead.
The Liver is a great work of God. Being able to function at such a high level is astonishing. Some interesting facts about the liver is that it is incharge of five hundred different functions. Out of the five hundred functions, the liver is working two hundred of the functions automatically. On top of all the functions, the liver is able to hold about ten percent of the body’s blood supply at the same time. In the end, God put a lot of thought into our bodies and how they function. He was able to create such an organ to where the body would function