Liver
Hepar
Makes bile, stores and releases glucose, makes plasma proteins and clears the portal blood; the horse has no gall bladder.
- System
- digestive
- Region
- Abdomen
- Sides
- Single, on the midline
Where it runs from and to
What this structure is anchored to at each end, and what that lets it do.
- Origin
- The cranial abdomen against the diaphragm, mostly on the right.
- Action
- Makes bile, stores and releases glucose, makes plasma proteins and clears the portal blood; the horse has no gall bladder.
- Nerve
- Vagus nerve and the coeliac plexus.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the horse; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Liver
- Latin (NAV)
- Hepar
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria