LP7400-7
Liver
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Description
The liver is an organ in vertebrates, including humans. It plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of functions in the body including glycogen storage, plasma protein synthesis, and drug detoxification. It also produces bile, which is important in digestion. It performs and regulates a wide variety of high-volume biochemical reactions requiring specialized tissues. Medical terms related to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Liver (Wikipedia)
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Liver
- Part Display Name
- Liver
- Part Type
- System (Describes the name of the system (sample) type)
- Created On
- 2000-05-03
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Liver
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 肝脏 Synonyms: 肝 |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Hépatique |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Hígado |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Fegato |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Karaciğer |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Печень |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | lever |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Hépatique |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Foie |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | wątroba |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Ήπαρ Synonyms: Ήπαρ |
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