Liver
Hepar
Makes bile, stores glycogen, and processes everything the gut absorbs before it reaches the rest of the body.
- System
- digestive
- Region
- Trunk
- 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
- Cranial abdomen against the diaphragm, mostly to the right of the midline.
- Action
- Makes bile, stores glycogen, and processes everything the gut absorbs before it reaches the rest of the body.
- Nerve
- Vagus nerve and the coeliac plexus.
Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.
Terminology
- English
- Liver
- Latin (NAV)
- Hepar
- Status
- A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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